Morocco has imposed import duties on all overseas purchases made using digital platforms. The country’s Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (ADII) released a decree on 17 June 2022 stating that from 1 July 2022 goods bought from international e‑commerce platforms will no longer be included in the import duty exemptions list, regardless of value. More
Nigeria will remain eligible for preferential trade with the United States under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a trade policy that enables 6,000 Nigerian goods to be exported to the US duty-free. More
Traders intending to import goods with intellectual property rights (IPR) into Kenya now have until 1 January 2023 to record their IPR with the Kenyan Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA), extending the previous deadline of 1 July 2022. More
East African Community (EAC) decided on 5 May 2022 to adopt 35% as the fourth band top rate of the EAC Common External Tariff (CET), which will take effect on 1 July this year. More
Terminal operators and freight forwarders at Nigeria’s seaports have two months to implement the Practitioners Operating Fees (POF) requirement or face sanctions. More
Electronic transfers in Ghana will incur tax of 1.5%, starting 1 May 2022 in accordance with the Electronic Transfer Levy Act, 2022, approved at the end of March. More
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become the seventh member of the East African Community (EAC) after it was admitted to the trade bloc on 29 March 2022, pending formal ratification. More
