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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Source URL: SRA intensifies on facilitating trade for importers & exporters

IN a bid to facilitate trade, the Swaziland Revenue Authority (SRA) is making arrangements with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to exchange data at the respective border gates for importers and exporters.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Source URL: TRIPARTITE FREE TRADE AREA, THE WAY TO GO: FERSATA

FERSATA called for a one Regional Economic Bloc in East and Southern Africa as a way of harmonising transport procedures in the region.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Source URL: http://www.fersata.org

FERSATA to sign MOU with IRU

Monday, December 2, 2013
Source URL: Centre for customs & Excise Studies, Canberra

Both traders and customs officers have often been accused of engaging in corruption practises to the detriment of their national fiscus and business fair play. The attached WCO journal explains how corruption impact on business and offers suggestions of ways to fight corruption in a customs...

Monday, December 2, 2013
Source URL: SFAAZ TO HOST RAME 2014

The Shipping and Forwarding Agents Association of Zimbabwe will host the 2014 RAME Conference in Victoria Falls from 18 to 20 June 2014.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

FCFASA family congratulate the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority on its customs modernisation initiatives. Its efforts will go a long way in expediting the movement of goods at ports of entry and assist business to trade better. Congratulations!!!!!

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Thursday, November 28, 2013
Source URL: zbc

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is to boost its revenue collection through modern control techniques and technologies aimed at improving efficiency as well as reducing corruption.

ZIMRA says it is in the process of rolling out its modernisation blue print which is set to increase...

Thursday, November 28, 2013
Source URL: The Herald

Previously Zimra relied on the Asycuda ++ which was open to manipulation by its officers thereby fuelling corruption and smuggling of goods.

Zimra’s director of legal and corporate affairs Ms Florence Jambwa said the Asycuda World (automated system for customs data) was more efficient and...

Monday, October 7, 2013
Source URL: IPPmedia

Malela Kassim

A threat by truck owners across Tanzania to park their vehicles starting today appears to have done little to make the government rescind its decision to abolish a five per cent allowable weight tolerance for overloaded cargo at weighbridges.

Truck...

Friday, October 4, 2013

Zambia Revenue Authority will launch an advanced customs clearing electronic system on 28 October 2013. The new system is called the ASYCUDA WORLD and similar to the one being used in Zimbabwe. The implementation of this new system will go a long way in facilitating data interface between...

Friday, September 20, 2013
Source URL: Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA)

Based on the engagements with the Ports Regulator’s office, it would appear that the overall Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) revenue requirement is at the appropriate level failing which the Ports Regulator would not have granted TNPA the level of revenue (through tariff adjustments)...

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (MCTI), Director of Foreign Trade Yvonne Chileshe, says the ministry attaches great importance to the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS), as an important tool for national planning and providing the interface between trade policy and other policy...

Friday, September 20, 2013
Source URL: World Customs Organization

As part of its strategic plan for 2013-2016, the Mozambique Revenue Authority has planned to implement a revised risk management procedure, to enhance the effectiveness of its revenue collection role and contribute to trade facilitation. A key feature of the approach is to actively steer the...

Friday, September 20, 2013
Source URL: World Customs Organization

As part of the on-going WCO Capacity Building project for the ESA region, financed by DFID and supported by the South African Revenue Service, an Integrity Development National Workshop for the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) was coordinated by the WCO from 02-06 September 2013 in Blantyre,...

Friday, September 20, 2013
Source URL: World Customs Organization

From 11 to 13 September 2013, the WCO Secretariat and the partner countries of the East African Community (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) conducted a workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop analyzed the progress of the recently launched regional Authorized Economic Operator Pilot...

Friday, September 6, 2013
Source URL: World Customs Organization

On 6 September 2013, the Ambassador of the Republic of Malawi, Her Excellency Dr. Brave Ndisale, visited WCO Headquarters to deposit her country’s instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Revised Kyoto Convention - RKC...

Thursday, September 19, 2013
Source URL: Google

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