Saudi Arabia, Qatar start to implement the decision of the GCC decision of customs federation

The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Sheikh Jamil al-Hujeilan announced that Saudi Arabia and Qatar have started the implementation of the decision of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC towards establishing a customs federation among the GCC member states towards the outer world as from 1.3. 2005.

In a statement released by the GCC general secretariat in al-Riyadh on Jan 8, al-Hujeilan explained that he had received two messages from the state of Qatar and Saudi Arabia saying that the decisions were released by the cabinet in the two countries stating that specialized sides should take all necessary measures to establish a customs federation among the GCC member states at the set date.

Al-Hujeilan stressed that the establishment of the customs federation among the GCC member states is considered an advanced step in the area of establishing a united Gulf market able to collectively deal with international developments and economic blocs taking place in the world.

Worthy mentioning that the GCC general secretariat had receives similar messages from the UAE, Bahrain and Oman stating their implementation of the GCC higher council at al-Riyadh's summit which states to start work in the customs federation of the GCC member states towards the outer world as from 1.3.2005.