# Logistics and freight

Regulated activities · Dubai Setup Index

> Choose the actual operation: arranging freight, carrying goods, clearing customs and operating a warehouse are different tasks.

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## Route and permissions

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.

## What still needs confirmation

No universal freight permission, vehicle quota or warehouse specification follows from these two service pages.

## Sources

- [RTA new trade-licence NOC/activation](https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/home/rta-services/service-details?serviceId=496)
- [Dubai Customs business registration](https://www.dubaicustoms.gov.ae/en/mobile/pages/ServiceDescription.aspx?serviceid=17)

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