Practical guides, product updates, and expert perspectives on AI automation, logistics workflows, and supply chain operations from the Nunar team.
BlogsMost customs clearance problems do not start in customs. They start in documents that arrived days earlier — a commercial invoice with a product description too vague to classify confidently, a packing list with weights that do not reconcile with the bill of lading, a certificate of origin that does not match the declared origin […]
Anand EthirajMarch 31, 202611 min read
BlogsFree zone to mainland transfers are among the most time-consuming declarations for UAE clearing agents to prepare — not because the filing process is complex, but because no two scenarios are quite the same. The documentation requirements, applicable duties, and declaration flow vary depending on which free zone the goods are moving from, the transfer […]
Anand EthirajMarch 31, 202611 min read
BlogsCustoms automation is not a new concept for UAE clearing agents. The conversation has been happening for years. Most agents have seen demonstrations of tools that promise to transform their workflow. Most have also seen those tools fail to survive contact with the operational reality of a busy clearance desk. The reason is usually the […]
Anand EthirajMarch 31, 202610 min read
BlogsAsk any experienced UAE clearing agent about HS code classification and the answer is consistent: it is not a lookup task. It is a judgment call. The product description on the commercial invoice, the material composition, the end use, the previous classification history for the same shipper — all of these factor into a correct […]
Anand EthirajMarch 31, 20269 min read
BlogsEvery UAE clearing agent knows the feeling. A declaration is submitted through the Dubai Trade Portal. A few hours later — or the next morning — a rejection notification arrives. The shipment is held. The customer is calling. The rework begins. A rejection rate of 10–15% is widely accepted across clearance operations in Dubai as […]
Anand EthirajMarch 31, 20268 min read
BlogsIf you work in customs clearance in the UAE, Mirsal 2 is not new to you. You have filed hundreds — perhaps thousands — of declarations through it. You know how the system works. You know where the fields are. You know which documents need to be uploaded. And yet, rejections still happen. Rework still […]
Anand EthirajMarch 31, 20268 min read
BlogsUAE freight forwarders receive RFQs across email, PDF, and Excel — each in a different format, each requiring manual interpretation before a quote can be built. This guide covers how RFQ ingestion automation removes the overhead, turning unstructured documents into structured data without OCR or template matching.
Anand EthirajMarch 17, 20269 min read
BlogsManual RFQ processing costs UAE logistics teams 25+ hours weekly in repeated interpretation. Here is how to shift that effort from execution to control.
Anand EthirajMarch 17, 20269 min read
BlogsUAE logistics teams re-enter the same RFQ data across Excel and ERP daily. Here is how RFQ-to-ERP automation eliminates duplicate entry step by step.
Anand EthirajMarch 17, 20268 min read
BlogsMost UAE freight forwarder RFQ delays aren’t a pricing problem — they’re a workflow problem. Learn how structured extraction and automation reduce response time by 70%.
Anand EthirajMarch 17, 20269 min read