Mozambican airports and logistic corridors: Reduction of fees improves competitiveness – Notícias

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Mozambican airports and logistic corridors: Reduction of fees improves competitiveness – Notícias

12:57 CAT | 07 Jan 2025

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The government wants to introduce measures to boost operators and improve the competitiveness of national airports and logistics corridors, within the framework of the implementation of the Economic Acceleration Measures Package (PAE).

Currently, legal instruments are being reviewed to secure a 25% reduction in aircraft landing and parking fees at the country’s main airports, and data accessed by ‘Notícias’ also indicates that work is also underway to exempt users of Chimoio, Lichinga and Pemba airports from payment of the Customs Service Fee (TSA).

At Beira, Maputo, Nacala, Nampula, Quelimane, Tete and Vilankulo, the TSA will be reduced.

With the same objective of improving the competitiveness of airports and logistics corridors, the government has eliminated manual procedure and cash charges in the process of issuing the Temporary Import Tax (TIP) at the Ressano Garcia border, and these measures are currently being replicated in the Beira and Nacala corridors.

The source adds that the ministerial diploma authorizing multiple entries of vehicles into the country to make the movement of goods in transit more flexible, and Decree No. 70/2022, of December 28, which revises Decree No. 9/2017, of April 6, were also approved, aiming to increase the number of ships calling at Mozambican ports, by eliminating the obligation to clear cargo through customs at the first port of entry ‘transhipment’.

During the implementation of the PAE, agreements for a direct connection (borderless trains) on the Ressano Garcia rail line with South Africa and Goba line with the Kingdom of Eswatini were signed.

The PAE aims to promote investment, job creation and strengthen private sector participation in the economy, ensuring improved economic stability and fiscal sustainability in the medium and long term.

Ultimately, these measures aim to ensure the resumption of economic growth, through tax incentives and economic stimulus to improve the business environment, transparency, governance and acceleration of strategic infrastructure projects.

By October 2024, the level of implementation of the PAE measures stood at 80%.

Source: Notícias