With the entry into force of the New Tariff version 2017, it will require greater connection between the General Tax Administration (AGT), the country’s ports and terminal management companies, said official dispatcher Diógenes Mouzinho today in Luanda.
Speaking to Angop, about the Customs Tariff version 2017, Diógenes Mouzinho, highlighted that the tariff brings more simplicity, requiring connection with other entities, as there is no point in AGT having simplicity due to the new customs tariff, but the faithful depositaries, who These are the ports and terminal management companies also have to follow this acceleration.
According to the mediator, the agenda brings many advantages, especially for brokers and importers, because for importers, even if they do not have complete paperwork, the process can run smoothly.
He also mentioned that for freight forwarders, as representatives of importers, they sometimes encounter some constraints at the port and terminals, such as the lack of a system to be able to tax a document.
“There are cases where AGT speeds up everything, but when it arrives at the port and terminals it is left without a system and if the importer has a large avalanche of imports, when it arrives at the port and finds no system it strangles the entire scheme. In some cases, the importer is on the last day of free duty and starts paying under stay and no one covers the charges inherent to the lack of system and we go from complaint to complaint”, he said.
Customs broker Pedro Azevedo considers the new Customs Tariff to be an added value for importers, as it exempts several products, such as food and hospital products.
The 2017 version of the Customs Tariff for import and export duties aims to provide the country with a modern customs system, capable of responding to the challenges of its development, through national production, attracting investment, promoting the employment of national labor, among other aspects that promote the economy.
The customs tariff that has been in force in Angola since 2013 was drawn up based on the 2012 version of the harmonized system.
In the 2017 Agenda, basic food basket products, medicines, means of production and other equipment are exempt from taxes, to stimulate, on the one hand, national production, and on the other hand, to allow prices for goods not produced in the country to be competitive.
The diploma approved, in November 2017, by the National Assembly, with 2,261 codes with free rates, 111 with increased rates and 400 with reduced rates, aims to promote the collection of essential taxes to support the expenses of the General State Budget.
Exempt goods will only pay the service charge, set at 2%, and stamp duty, which is 1%.
The document is reviewed every 5 years, to accommodate advances in science, technology and international trade, it will guarantee the import of goods for which the country does not have competitive advantages, collect revenue through the collection of duties and other customs impositions. , such as the collection of statistical data inherent to international trade.