Dubai Customs recently won the Business Award from Business Intelligence Group for its distinctive performance and innovative products and services originated during 2016. 

Dubai Customs is the first government department in the world to win this award from Business Intelligence Group. There are seven awards which include (Business Award), (Innovation Award), (Best Workplace Award), and (Sustainability Award), plus Stratuss’s Cloud Computing Award. This year, Dubai Customs applied only for the Business Award and focused on it. 

Big names competed for these awards including companies as big as 3M, IdeaBank, Citi Group and Toshiba. 

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World said: 
“Dubai Customs has noticeably developed and enriched smart and innovative service field. This is the fruits of the efforts of its teams and their dedication following the wise directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai who always confirmed that (success is not a wish, it’s hard work and sweat. The world will remember only the hard workers, so always keep it up)“. 

He added that the quality of work adopted in Dubai Customs competes that of the private sector and beat it in some areas based on the wise vision of the country’s leadership which aims at promoting the UAE and enhancing its economy.  

Ross Fordiss, CEO, Business Intelligence Group, highly commended Dubai Customs’ achievement being the first government department in the world to win such an award. He said that distinction and uniqueness were the common traits for all the winners.