URA is implementing advanced technologies and stricter measures to reduce cross-border trade fraud and boost revenue collection, despite challenges at various customs stations. Full Story/monitor.co.ug
Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) says it has lost around $15 to 20 million worth of imported goods per day of protest across Kenya. Full story/monitor.co.ug
The valuation unit under the Trade division recently engaged importers and traders in the Garments and Textiles Industry in Wonder Hall at the Learning and Development Centre.
On Wednesday 29th May 2024 Customs Management together with representatives from Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) met the United Association of Salted Fish Importers, Exporters and Transporters to discuss the recent trend of fish from South Sudan and Kenya intended for the Ugandan market being exported to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) instead.
On Wednesday the 29th/05/2024, the Manager Eastern region together with the leadership team at Malaba One Stop Border Post (OSBP) met with Customs Agents under their umbrella body Malaba Customs Agents Association.
According to Paul Karatunga, the supervisor of customs enforcement in Eastern Uganda, the nine motor vehicles were caught conveying contrabands. Source/Newvision.co.ug/full story
The construction of Bukasa Port has started with land reclamation.
Rose Mary Tibiwa, the commissioner for transport infrastructure services in the Ministry of Works and Transport said when completed Bukasa will be the only port country as port bell and jinja are mere piers.
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URA participated in the recently concluded Mbarara City Traders’ Symposium, where it engaged traders on several issues, including customs processes and the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS), among others.
The URA Commissioner General has called upon the early adopters of the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) to support their counterparts who are still facing challenges to enable EFRIS fully take off.