Hijjah 01, 1431, Nov 07, 2010 -- There is consensus over the Customs Union and even there is a unified GCC law on customs, said Mohammed Al-Mazroui, the Assistant Secretary General for economic affairs of the six-nation Cooperation Council for the Arab States of The Gulf (GCC). He made this remark before reporters at the end of a GCC finance ministers' meeting here yesterday, according to a report published today by the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette. “But there are some hurdles which the ministers have studied ... these are only administrative difficulties relating to movement of goods between the GCC member states,” Mazroui said. “As long as there is integration and joint work, there will be some hurdles and efforts will be exerted to sort them out,” he said. Earlier, he told the opening session that achieving economic integration “requires all concerned committees to accelerate performance and remove the remaining obstacles to the customs union and common market.” The GCC is made up of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
