The Republic of Yemen

Yemen – Fact File
Country name	Republic of Yemen
Population	22 million – July 2007 estimate
Languages	Arabic [official], English and Arabic [Commercial]
Currency	Yemeni Rial [YER] = 100 fils
Official Religion	Islam
Capital	Sana’a
Business Hours	Government Offices & State Enterprises: 08:00 to 14:00 [Saturday to Thursday] Banks: 08:30 to 12:00 [Saturday to Wednesday] 08:00 to 11:30 [Thursday] Commercial Offices: 08:00 to 12:00 and 16:00 to 19:00 [Monday to Wednesday] 08:00 to 11:00 [Thursday]

Embassy requirements and legalisation fees

All shipments to Yemen must be covered by an Arab-Irish Certificate of Origin and, along with an Invoice, must be certified by the JA-ICC. If legalisation is required, then our Chamber will arrange legalisation by the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in London.

Agency Agreements, Power of Attorney require to be stamped by a Notary Public and at the Department of Foreign Affairs, before submitting documents to our Chamber. The Chamber can offer this service.

Health and Radiation Certificates are often required for food, meat and poultry consignments.

A Halal Certificate, stating that slaughter was according to Muslim law, must accompany fresh, frozen meat and poultry.

Fees

	Certificate of Origin [original or copy]	€ 60.00
	Original Invoice [Plus value over £60,000, an extra €18.00 for every £20,000]	€ 160.00
	Copy Invoice	€ 80.00
	Other documents
	Health & Halal Certificates/Packing List & Price Lists/ Certificates of Analysis	€ 160.00
	Copies of Health/Halal Certificates/Packing/Price Lists/Setting up Trading Agency in Yemen/Copies of Agency Agreements	€ 80.00
	Endorsement of Trade Mark Certificate/Deed of Assignment/Authorisation of Agent/Company Registration/Certificate of Incorporation	€ 399.00
	Setting up Trading Agency in Yemen/Power of Attorney/Compnay Act/Endorsement of Quality Certificate/Arbitration documents relating to Amicable resolution of commercial disputes/Endorsement of translation of commercial Contracts/Court Rulings	€ 200.00
	Endorsement of Translated texts from Arabic to English or Visa Versa or copy/Endorsement of Commercial Certificate	€ 60.00
	Private Power of Attorney or copy	€ 40.00
	Letter of Credits/Banking Certificates for opening and/or confirming the existence of a Bank Account	€ 80.00
	Endorsement of Cargo Manifest	€ 595.00
	Endorsement of copies of documents/Power of Attorney for Yamani only	€ 40.00

Federation of Yemeni Chambers of Commerce and Industry

P.O. Box: 16992,
Sana’a,
Republic of Yemen
Tel.: (+967 1) 261 295 – 265 038
Fax: (+967 1) 261 269

E-mail: fucci@y.net.ye

Please note that Embassies rules and regulations can and do change overnight. We bear no responsibility for any such changes. Any changes that do take place will be passed directly to our customers.

We regret that we cannot under any circumstances, intercede or take responsibility for any transactions initiated directly between an exporter and an Embassy.

The Joint Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce [JA-ICC]: 63 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2

Tel: + 353 1 662 4451 / 662 1577 Fax: + 353 1 662 47 29 Email: info@jaicc.ie

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