Africa-Press – Angola. The construction of administrative, road and technical infrastructures constitute the main challenges for the regulation of border trade between Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, from the municipalities of Marimba and Massango, province of Malanje.
This reality was presented this Thursday by the deputy governor of Malanje for the Political, Economic and Social sector, Domingos Eduardo, during the Customs Forum, promoted by the 2nd region of the General Tax Administration (AGT), which comprises the provinces of Malanje , Uige and Cuanza Norte.
The province of Malanje shares a river border of 140 kilometers with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The official also stressed the need to invest in technological tools and the continuous improvement of the inspection process and respect for taxpayers’ guarantees.
On the other hand, Domingos Eduardo defended the reorganization of the customs guarantee system, through the involvement of insurers and commercial banks, with a view to promoting modern and simplified customs clearance methods.
Alongside this, it considers it necessary to adjust the program of the authorized economic operator and accelerate the process of opening specific warehouses to accommodate goods in transit through the national territory.
In this chapter, he added, it is essential to give priority to cities with direct access to the sea and customs transit corridors, with emphasis on Luanda, Lobito, Namibe and others linked to the African transport and cross-border logistics network, with a view to facilitating the flow of products. such as miners, iron, manganese, copper and others.
Meanwhile, Domingos Eduardo called for reflection on Angola’s accession to the African Continental Free Trade Area, in order to adapt legislation to the world customs system and provide greater productivity in regional trade and transport corridors in various modes.
On his turn, the head of the Customs Services Department of the General Tax Administration, Dionísio Domingos, made it known that the body is working with the Angolan Post Office in the province to improve the importation of products that do not require a dispatcher.
He added that they envisage the creation of infrastructures to boost trade between Malanje and the DRC.
The meeting was attended by AGT technicians, economic operators, Tax Police staff and other guests.
The Customs Forum, which is now in its second edition, has been held nationwide since last February, under the motto “A Customs Closer to the Taxpayer”.
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