JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, June 15 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's customs department said on Monday three weeks of congestion at a border point with the United Arab Emirates was now over.
The Saudi customs department said in statement the bottle neck, delaying thousands of trunks, had been caused by a finger-printing system introduced by kingdom.
"The situation of trucks on the Saudi-UAE border has now gone back to normal," it said.
Drivers had been queuing in temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) without access to basic facilities at the Ghuweifat border crossing, the UAE's official news agency WAM had said.
On average, 1,800 trucks a day cross the border between the two Arab countries, up from 1,250 trucks in 2008, the statement said.
The UAE is home to trade hub Dubai, a key re-export centre in the Gulf regions. (Reporting by Asma Alsharif)