TANZANIA and DR Congo begun on Monday pilot clearance of goods under Single Customs Territory clearance procedures, Tanzania Revenue Authority has announced.
TRA’s Commissioner for Customs and Excise, Tiagi Kabisi said in a statement that goods to be involved in the pilot project would be wheat flour, vegetable cooking oil, motor vehicles, petroleum products and maize flour.
The goods would enter the DR Congo through Kasumbalesa border, he said adding that all declarations submitted from Monday would follow the single customs clearance procedures.
“TRA hereby informs all parties involved in clearance of goods between the two countries, starting from 6th of July, 2015 there will be a pilot clearance of goods under single customs territory like clearance procedures (SCT),” he said in the statement.
The beginning of the pilot project of the single customs territory between Tanzania and DR Congo followed a decision of the governments of the two countries to establish single customs cooperation between the two administrations.
Under the SCT arrangement the two countries have adopted a destination model of clearance of goods where assessment and collection of revenue is to be done at the first point of entry.
The revenue authority body announced Tanzania would go for full fledged Single Customs Territory (SCT) in the current financial year after successful and efficient piloting of the system since July 2014.
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