(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha: The General Authority of Customs (GAC) has reminded travellers that any person upon entering or leaving the state and in possession of any currency, financial bearer negotiable instruments or precious metals or stones equivalent to or exceeding QR50,000 or its equivalent in foreign currencies, must fill the declaration form.
It also said: 'False declaration, or refusal to provide additional information to the customs authorities may expose you to penalties that may amount to imprisonment or fines, as well as the seizure of such funds.
The GAC said on its website: 'Any person upon entering or leaving the state and in possession of any currency, financial bearer negotiable instruments or precious metals or stones equivalent to or exceeding QR50,000 or its equivalent in foreign currencies, must fill the declaration form, and any additional information requested by the customs officer must also be provided.
It also added that exporters and importers must abide by the following: Obtain prior approval from Qatar Central Bank when exporting or importing currencies.
For non-profit organization, the GAC said they also have to obtain prior approval from the regulatory authority for charitable activities when shipping all materials used for charitable work.
The General Authority of Customs has urged people to provide all the information requested by the customs officer, and also to fill out the customs declaration form and attach to it documents related to the shipment, invoices, certificates of origin and any other documents.
The implementation of this system is in accordance with the provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Law No. 20 of 2019 and the decision of the council of ministers to issue the Executive Regulations No. 41 of 2019.
Nawaf Majed Al Kuwari, Head of the Control and External Audit Department, has said the GAC provides many workshops to employees, some of them are technical workshops, dealing with devices and identifying counterfeit goods.
'We also provide other academic training workshops in theoretical aspects, he said.
Qatar has achieved recently first place in the world in the number of customs seizures related to combating the smuggling of preventive and treatment products for the coronavirus (COVID-19), such as disinfection materials, sterilizers, medical masks and others.
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