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  "id": "logistics-and-freight",
  "type": "guide",
  "title": "Logistics and freight",
  "url": "https://dubaisetupindex.com/guides/logistics-and-freight",
  "updatedOn": "2026-10-09",
  "links": {
    "html": "https://dubaisetupindex.com/guides/logistics-and-freight",
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    "title": "Logistics and freight",
    "category": "Regulated activities",
    "checkedOn": "2026-10-09",
    "summary": "Choose the actual operation: arranging freight, carrying goods, clearing customs and operating a warehouse are different tasks.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "title": "Route and permissions",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Choose the actual operation: arranging freight, carrying goods, clearing customs and operating a warehouse are different tasks. For commercial transport activities covered by RTA, its service activates the relevant inactive DET activity or supplies an NOC for a free-zone trade licence. For transactions with Dubai Customs, register the business to obtain its customs code using the trade licence and authorised person’s identity documents.",
          "A customs code is not a freight-transport licence. Identify the transport mode and operating role before building the permit checklist."
        ]
      },
      {
        "title": "What still needs confirmation",
        "paragraphs": [
          "No universal freight permission, vehicle quota or warehouse specification follows from these two service pages."
        ]
      }
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "RTA new trade-licence NOC/activation",
        "url": "https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/home/rta-services/service-details?serviceId=496"
      },
      {
        "label": "Dubai Customs business registration",
        "url": "https://www.dubaicustoms.gov.ae/en/mobile/pages/ServiceDescription.aspx?serviceid=17"
      }
    ]
  },
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    "required": true,
    "publisher": "Dubai Setup Index",
    "url": "https://dubaisetupindex.com/guides/logistics-and-freight",
    "license": "https://dubaisetupindex.com/docs/citation",
    "citation": "Dubai Setup Index. “Logistics and freight.” Updated 2026-10-09. https://dubaisetupindex.com/guides/logistics-and-freight",
    "citationMarkdown": "[Dubai Setup Index](https://dubaisetupindex.com/guides/logistics-and-freight). “Logistics and freight.” Updated 2026-10-09.",
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