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Watch Ghana President’s reaction to Corruption
The following video is somewhat dated, but reports still abound regarding corruption within the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority. The video appears to be about 4 years old. The...
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The BMA Bill – a little more for stakeholders to ponder over
In recent months ‘Joe Public’ has witnessed developments relating to new visa requirements regarding international travel to and from South Africa. Tourism and the hospitality industry have been...
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CBP Launches “Know the Facts” Awareness Campaign
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske formally rolled out the “Know the Facts” campaign today. The campaign, launched on July 20 in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and...
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Pakistan and China Customs to accelerate establishment EDI
Pakistan Customs’ experts are in China to make further progress on the establishment of direct Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with the trusted and neighbouring country to reduce the incidences of...
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TFA – Africa is on the move! Why not go faster?
The following article is published with the kind permission of the author, Tapia Naula who is Principal Transport Economist at African Development Bank, based in the Ivory Coast. He is an international...
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Ivory worth $4.4m seized in Vietnam
Customs officers in Vietnam seized more than two tons of elephant tusks, eight days after confiscating an ivory shipment weighing nearly a ton, authorities said. Picture: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul...
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Customs Vietnam make 2nd huge Ivory Bust in a fortnight
Customs officers in central Vietnam have seized a tonne of ivory and four tonnes of the scaly hide of the pangolin, according to authorities today. Officials found the contraband on Tuesday inside a...
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US Customs seizes fake Gucci and Louis Vuitton handbags
Thousands of counterfeit designer handbags have been uncovered by federal officers in a shipping container at Miami’s seaport. Customs and Border Protection officials say a recent review confirmed...
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SARS R78 million Airport Cash Bust
Johannesburg – They [smugglers] had cash stashed in 11 pieces of luggage including four backpacks – R78 million destined for the United Arab Emirates. But eagle-eyed customs officials at OR Tambo...
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German Customs dispute disrupts plywood imports from China
The importance of tariff classification and its impact on statistical and economic data – German imports of hardwood plywood from China continue to be affected by a dispute between the German trade and...
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Dubai and Saudi Customs host IPR awareness workshop
Dubai Customs has held an Intellectual Property Rights workshop with the participation of eminent Customs delegations from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Bahrain. Representatives of the...
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EU fighting Customs Fraud – JRC research leads to new legislation
A new regulation adopted by the European Parliament and the Council will allow customs to access information to track the origins and routes of cargo containers arriving in the EU to support the fight...
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Kenya – Drugs Found on Auto Carrier in Port of Mombasa
Kenyan and U.S. authorities found drugs aboard the Höegh Autoliners “Pure Car/Truck Carrier” (PCTC), which was detained at Port Mombasa on September 17. The crew of the ship has been arrested and...
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South Africa – WCO ESA Regional Workshop on TFA implementation
The WCO Regional Workshop on Strategic Initiatives for Trade Facilitation and the Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) – Mercator Programme – for the WCO East and Southern...
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War Against Ivory Smuggling
In January 2014, while x-raying a Vietnam-bound container declared to hold cashews, Togolese port authorities saw something strange: ivory. Eventually, more than four tons was found, Africa’s largest...
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An interesting take on SADC developments and the lack of progress
The following article titled ‘Cross-border projects dependent on cost’ was recently published by Transport World Africa. It deals essentially with cross border logistics and provides an insight into...
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SA – Hub for computerised Regional Integration?
From time to time it is nice to reflect on a good news story within the local customs and logistics industry. Freight & Trade Weekly’s (2015.11.06, page 4) article – “SA will be base for...
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WCO issues New Guide for the Technical Update of Preferential Rules of Origin
In order to assist Members with the updating of their existing Rules of Origin in relation to changes in the Harmonized System, the WCO has issued the “Guide for the technical update of Preferential...
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SA Customs lends Detector Dog support to Mozambique
The SARS Customs Detector Dog Unit (DDU) recently deployed two trained detector dog handlers and dogs on foreign soil in Maputo, Mozambique. This forms part of a Customs co-operation agreement between...
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Aerial view of Rotterdam Container Terminal
The Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, is the largest port in Europe covering 105 square kilometers. (Picture: Benjamin Grant/Google Earth/Digital Globe)Filed under: Containerization, Customs,...
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