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21 Oct

GRA, Ghana Link Begin Refresher Training Of Stakeholders On ICUMS

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GRA, Ghana Link Begin Refresher Training Of Stakeholders On ICUMS Ghana Link Network Services Limited in collaboration with the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has begun another round of refresher training for users of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS). The training which is currently ongoing in the Northern part of Ghana is expected to cover the Northern, Savanah, and Upper East Regions while equipping all stakeholders especially customs officials and the freight forwarders in the designated area. After almost 4 months of deployment nationwide, the ICUMS implementation committee and Ghana Link, the technical service provider put…

Ghana gov’t suspends ban on accident vehicle imports

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The government of Ghana has reportedly suspended the implementation of the amended Customs (Amendment) Bill 2020 that bans the importation of accident and salvaged motor vehicles into the country. This was disclosed in an interview by the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) on Thursday though the government is yet to give full details about the suspension. The act which was passed in March this year amends the Customs Act 2015 (Act 891) and was set to roll out on November 1, 2020. Speaking to the CNR, however, the chairman of the Tema branch of the GIFF, Mr. Alex Asiamah, said he had been…

President Akufo-Addo Commissions Bechem Business Resource Centre

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the Bechem Business Resource Centre, which has been established by the Ministry of Trade and Industry to provide strategic support and assistance to the domestic private sector operating at the Tano South district level. Commissioning the project on Saturday, 12th September 2020, the President stated that sixty-seven (67) Business Resource Centres (BRCs), including that at Bechem, have been established in sixty-seven (67) Districts across the country, thirty (30) of which have already commenced operations. Indeed, the companies operating under Government’s 1-District-1-Factory will also benefit from the assistance to be…