By BUUMBA CHIMBULU
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) is currently benchmarking and researching on the best practices for the implementation of Non-Stop Borders Posts to allow for seamless movement of goods, passengers, and services.
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This is part of the efforts of ensuring that trade facilitation- both local and international is enhanced in order to speed up sustainable development, says ZRA Commissioner Customs Services, Ernest Sigande.
He was speaking at the sidelines of the 141st/142nd Sessions of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium recently.
“While ZRA has implemented the concept of One-Stop Border Posts the Authority is already trying to benchmark and research the best practices for the implementation of Non-Stop Borders Posts to allow for seamless movement of goods, passengers, and services.
“The Authority will continue engaging the WCO for capacity building in areas of customs valuation and classification, e-commerce taxation and origin in order to improve service delivery to taxpayers,” Mr Sigande said.
He said support from the WCO had helped the Authority to enhance its customs modernization agenda with Zambia’s neighboring countries. such as Botswana, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania.
Mr Sigande said the authority had networked with different Revenue Administrations during the Council Meeting to understand different customs administration operations.
The WCO Council meeting saw the election of Ian Sanders from the United States of America being elected as the new World Customs Organisation Secretary General replacing Kunio Mikuriya who has been in office since 1st January, 2009. South Africa Revenue Service Commissioner General Edward Kieswetter was elected as the new WCO Council Chairperson.
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