In Riyadh

I am back in Riyadh working with the new management of Saudi Customs in their efforts to reform and change Saudi Customs, border and trade procedures and processes.

Our KGH team here in Riyadh is working very closely with Saudi Customs on the development of the organization and its operations.

The new Saudi AEO programme, that we have worked on together with Saudi Customs since the start, is in pilot tests. This programme that we have designed and developed will be highly advanced and it will when operstional in Jakuary 2018 become one of the most modern programmes in the world. It will holisticly cover both trade facilitation, compliance, safety and security.

There are many other positive initiatives on the way in Saudi Customs to improve speed, predictability and compliance at the border and overall.

New positive results are emerging every day from the wide range of Customs and border modernization initiatives under the visionary and competent leadership of His Excellency Mr Ahmed Al-Hakbani, Director General of the Saudi Customs.

Customs leadership – and the HQ Saudi team we are working with here – are dedicated and strong and committed to make Saudi Customs a leading Customs admikistration in the world.

It will be exiting and interesting to actively see the results from this process during 2018.