02.06.10
Customs to improve business with agents
At the International Conference Centre held in the end of February, import agents learned more about customs as well as discussed the ways to improve the relationship between the two sides.
This one-day meeting marked International Customs Day that was celebrated under the theme “Building performance through partnership”.
Seychelles’ revenue commissioner Rene Nusse addressed the air and shipping agents as well as other business representatives, expressing his wish to ensure clients are well informed about the Customs Division and its operatations. He noted that, in order to support the economic reforms, customs is reforming its administration with advice from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (http://www.imf.org/external/about.htm). He said, “In the months to come we will try to implement these suggestions by the IMF, but what we are trying to do is to increase self-compliance and make it easier and less expensive to comply with the laws”.
At the forum, agents’ representatives asked questions on many issues related to goods and services tax and concessions. Also, they were briefed about the procedures for gaining concessions, import and export permit procedures, and their own responsibilities when producing a bill of entry.