AMMAN: Jordan Customs announced in a press statement on Wednesday that it held the second of two Public-Private Dialogue Forums with Jordanian businesses to create awareness of its revised Golden List programme.
“The Golden List, a trade facilitation programme, gives preferred operator status to companies that demonstrate low risk and a strong compliance history with customs requirements,” the statement said. Developed in coordination with USAID’s Fiscal Reform Project, the revised programme seeks to incentivise more companies to join.
The previous forum was held with members of Jordan Customs and with businesses from the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, respectively. This most recent forum targeted businesses operating in the Qualified Industrial Zone. During the session, Jordan Customs delivered a presentation about the programme followed by open discussion to address questions and provide more information about the revised programme and its benefits.
“The Golden List programme is one of our signature initiatives, [which] seeks to facilitate trade and increase competitiveness of Jordan’s economy,” said Jordan Customs Director General Munther Abdel Qader Al Assaf. He also affirmed during the workshop that Jordan Customs has been applying the Golden List programme since 2005 making it the first Arab country to do so.
