Mozambique: Tax Authority seizes 800,000 litres of undeclared fuel in Maputo – Watch

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Mozambique: Tax Authority seizes 800,000 litres of undeclared fuel in Maputo – Watch

10:00 CAT | 21 Jul 2020

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The Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) has seized 800,000 litres of “undeclared” fuel within the legal deadlines, an irregularity that would deprive the state of 8 million meticais (€100,000), the tax authorities announced in a statement on Monday.

“It is pointed out as the cause of the seizure that the import of the goods in question has not been declared to the customs authorities, within the legally established timeframes,” reads the communiqué distributed to the media.

The seizure of the fuel took place on Friday in Maputo province, said a source from AT, without revealing the name of the owner of the product.

Customs procedures indicate that fuel imports must be declared to customs within five days of arrival in the country, which did not happen.

“This irregularity was found as part of the internal work of validation and review of customs procedures,” AT adds.

In June, AT learned 80,000 litres of fuel, declared to be in transit to neighbouring South Africa, had a different destination.

In Sofala, on Friday, AT aborted an attempt to sell 160,000 litres of diesel, which would deprive the state of one million meticais (€12,000).