Africa-Press – Angola. The export of fuels will be carried out only by operators with appropriate facilities, with the authorization of the Petroleum Derivatives Regulatory Institute (IRDP), but with increased rates, according to Executive Decree No. 140/22, of 24 February.
The document, already published in the Diário da República, establishes the rules and procedures for the export of fuels, with a view to monitoring and facilitating the financing and control of the export of petroleum products, as well as preventing smuggling at land borders. .
Signed by the head of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, the legal diploma defines that such export must be authorized by the Regulatory Institute for Petroleum Derivatives, an institution in which agents must declare the volumes to be exported and/or exported.
According to Angop, this authorization will be defined according to the public interest and the border regions, complying with the criteria for payment of customs duties, fees and surcharges, under the terms of the legislation in force, since the country also imports gasoline, diesel and illuminating oil.
“Agents authorized to export these products must provide information to the IRDP on the volume exported, on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis”, clarifies the Executive Decree.
Increase in fees
In May 2021, the Economic Commission of the Council of Ministers discussed the increase, by 135 percent, of export taxes on petroleum products, to combat fuel smuggling, making it clear that the tax does not change the sale price. to the public in the national market.
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