Track your Dubai Trade cargo from your own systems

What you can build on Dubai Trade

• Track cargo status by declaration number

  Build this

  Searches Mirsal II, Cargo Tracking, Track Cargo Status by declaration number and opens View Cargo Status for the summary of each document's status.

  Takes

  Declaration number

  Returns

  Declaration number, the status of each document in the summary, marked when not available or not applicable

• Track cargo by bill of lading or airway bill

  Build this

  Searches Track Cargo Status by bill of lading for inbound sea cargo, or by master airway bill for air cargo, and reads the status of each matching record.

  Takes

  Channel (sea or air), bill of lading or master airway bill number, rotation number or house airway bill (optional)

  Returns

  Bill of lading or airway bill number, each matching record shown (up to the top 10) with the status of each document in its summary

• Look up a container

  Build this

  Runs DP World's Container Enquiry for one container number and reads the container details it shows.

  Takes

  Container number

  Returns

  Container number, each container detail the enquiry shows

Automate Dubai Trade with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• Open declarations whose cargo status moved

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 8:00 Dubai time

  Step 1

  For each open declaration number you list, track its cargo status by declaration number.

  Step 2

  Keep the declarations whose document statuses changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you each one with its declaration number and the new statuses.

• Inbound bills of lading, sent to your forwarding system

  Build this

  Starts

  When your system calls the workflow's webhook with a list of bills of lading

  Step 1

  For each bill of lading in the list, track its cargo by bill of lading for inbound sea cargo.

  Step 2

  Keep the bills whose document statuses changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Post each one, with its bill of lading and document statuses, to your webhook.

• Container check before the truck is booked

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 7:00 Dubai time

  Step 1

  For each container number you list, look up the container in Container Enquiry.

  Step 2

  Keep the containers whose details changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Post the container number and its details to your transport system's webhook.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Track cargo status by declaration number” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "eservices.dubaitrade.ae/track_cargo_status",
    "input": {
      "declaration_number": "101-20481736-26"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "declaration_number": "101-20481736-26",
    "documents": [
      {
        "document": "Declaration",
        "status": "Cleared"
      }
    ]
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

Dubai Trade’s own options

Dubai Trade's own guides describe its services as screens and file uploads: declaration invoices and vehicles can be uploaded in a published file format, and manifests and courier declarations have upload services. Its public pages do not document a self-serve API for reading cargo or container status.

Read on November 12, 2026: Enhancement to vehicle information submission in customs declarations, Download Center: Cargo Clearance manuals, UAE Pass authentication for declaration and claim submission.

Signing in to Dubai Trade

Dubai Trade signs you in with your Dubai Trade login, and you can link UAE Pass to that username and log in with it. Submitting a declaration or claim needs a UAE Pass login whose Emirates ID matches the company's Customs client profile. With Fous you sign in once through Dubai Trade's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256 and code and AI agents never see it.

Worth knowing

Declarations need a UAE Pass login

UAE Pass authentication has replaced digital certificate validation for declarations and claims, on screen and through Courier File Upload. The Emirates ID behind the UAE Pass must match the Customs client profile.

You see only your own declarations

Track Cargo Status shows the declarations that belong to the logged-in user. A bill of lading search with several matches shows the top 10 records.

Vehicle values follow the RTA list

Since 1 November 2026, a vehicle declaration accepts only the brands, model names and color names on the RTA list. Invoice File Upload and Vehicle File Upload use the revised format v0.8.

Services are added to your account

Dubai Trade groups services by entity, and its guides show adding each one, such as inspection, truck release or VCC services, to your account before you can use it.

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