Ministry of Municipality: Permit to import vegetables and fruits to be activated from Dec. 1

Prior permit to import vegetables and fruits in Qatar

The Ministry of Municipality in the State of Qatar has announced that a prior permit will be required to import vegetables and fruits in Qatar effective December 1, 2021.

The Ministry organized an introductory meeting yesterday about procedures and steps required to obtain a permit to import vegetables and fruits. It was participaed in by suppliers of vegetables and fruits.

Requests for a permit to import vegetables and fruits (for the month of December 2021) would be received from suppliers, from November 1 to 20, 2021, via e-mail importrequests@mme.gov.qa related to receiving applications for a permit to import vegetables and fruits.

According  to the Ministry, the application form F-AAD-PP-02 could be obtained from the Ministry's website and data required to determine items and quantities to be imported during each month could be filled out. This would allow the state to inventory these goods in terms of their quantities and control their quality.

The introductory meeting was attended by Dr Masoud Jarallah Al Marri, Director of Food Security Department, Youssef Khaled Al Khulaifi, Director of the Agricultural Affairs Department, and a number of agricultural sector officials and suppliers of vegetables and fruits.

Source: Hukoomi