04/05/2017
In a workshop organized by the Industrial Committee of Asharqia
Chamber.
The Director of the Industrial
Services Center of the Industry Agency at the Ministry of Energy, Industry and
Mineral Resources in the Eastern Province, Eng. Rafat Al Surair said that any
industrial license issued by the Agency has several advantages, (customs
exemption, industrial land acquisition, consultancy, letters of support and
industrial loans) to
other advantages.
Eng.
Rafat Al Surair said in a workshop organized by Asharqia Chamber represented by
the Industrial Committee on Wednesday (May 3rd, 2017) regarding the services provided by the
Industrial Services Center. The committee chairman Abdullah bin Ali Al Sanea
said that the industry is an important choice for the country to find jobs, progress
and support of foreign trade. He added that for this reason, the government is
supporting the industrial sector by providing industrial land at reasonable
prices. The factory is also allowed to invest industrial land in a field
related to industrial activity (such as warehouses and supporting services) Ministry of ocial development, and letters of support of government, and applications for industrial
loans provided by more than one party, including the Industrial Development
Fund, as well as consulting, offering a special discount on ads for factories
in the media of up to 50%.
He
pointed that the most prominent of these services is the customs clearance for machines,
equipment, spare parts, raw materials and semi finished products, on condition that
they do not have a local alternative, they should be within the factory needs
and have a direct relation to production, which allows to provide accurate
descriptions so the clearance can be obtained.
He
added that one of the services provided by the center is "chemical
clearance", which relates to certain activities, as getting a customs clearance
does not mean obtaining chemical clearance through a number of concerned
governmental bodies such as customs, industrial security, drugs,
the General Authority for Meteorology and environmental Protection, and our
mission is to provide a letter relating to these entities in order to give
chemical clearance to the materials.
Also
added that the services provided by the Center as well as industrial following up
as they are communicating with the factories to assess the needs of labor,
machinery, equipment and raw materials, and guidance factories for some safety
observations, and the inventory of actual products that the establishment produce.
He
said that 80% of the center services are electronic, including the issuance
and renewal of licenses. The modification or expansion of the license is
submitted manually and currently completed soon, while applications are
submitted to support the employment, customs clearance and customs disclosures
electronically, noting that the initial license granted to any investor The
acceptance of the final license will be done only in the establishment and in
the advanced stages of the establishment with bank credits at a minimum, and the
approval of the authorities for some activities, such as food factories need
the approval of the General Assembly of food and medicine,
and military clothing require the approval of the Ministry of the Interior and
so on, therefore, the final license is only with the approval of the concerned party.
He
stressed the need for factories to update their data annually at the Ministry
location, in order to enjoy the continuity of services required by the center,
and the need to follow the user guide to facilitate the use of electronic services,
stressing the Center keenness to support the industrial sector in all
circumstances.