EAC urged to promote free trade
Jan 27, 2008
THE secretary-general of the East African Community, Juma Mwapachu, has urged the immigration departments, the police and the revenue authorities in the member-states to promote cross-border trade and free movement in the region.
By Milton Olupot
THE secretary-general of the East African Community, Juma Mwapachu, has urged the immigration departments, the police and the revenue authorities in the member-states to promote cross-border trade and free movement in the region.
Mwapachu was speaking during a tour of the Tanzanian border towns of Bukoba, Mutukula and Mwanza a recent statement from the Arusha-based EAC Directorate of Public Affairs said.
Mwapachu said the Customs Union, launched in 2005, had set up a conducive environment for increased intra trade and free movement of persons in the EAC.
The need for a business or temporary visa, import duties and declaration fees on various products were abolished or eased.
THE secretary-general of the East African Community, Juma Mwapachu, has urged the immigration departments, the police and the revenue authorities in the member-states to promote cross-border trade and free movement in the region.
Mwapachu was speaking during a tour of the Tanzanian border towns of Bukoba, Mutukula and Mwanza a recent statement from the Arusha-based EAC Directorate of Public Affairs said.
Mwapachu said the Customs Union, launched in 2005, had set up a conducive environment for increased intra trade and free movement of persons in the EAC.
The need for a business or temporary visa, import duties and declaration fees on various products were abolished or eased.