Alhaji Jaffer Abdallah, the National Chairman of the Uganda Clearing Industry and Forwarding Association (UCIFA) visited the John Musinguzi, the Commissioner General of URA to discuss the plight clearing and forwarding firms in Uganda face as they push for compliance.

WTO

In March 2021, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first woman and the first African to be appointed to the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

Zimbabwe, home to a quarter of Africa's elephants and one of the few growing populations of the large land mammal in the world, is trying to find allies to legalise the international trade in ivory, which has been banned for more than 30 years.

In spite of the tight security at the different borders, smugglers are growing new tactics to beat customs personnel at every checkpoint.

By Florence Namuganza

URA in partnership with the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) announced in May 2022, that all cargo imported into Uganda by sea, air, rail, road or registered post must be insured by local insurance companies.

BY IMMACULATE WANYENZE

John Bbale, a 37-year-old renowned “business man” in Luweero may not be your ordinary Ugandan because he has mastered the “get-rich-quick” strategy through smuggling.

The UK has struck a deal with the US to remove tariffs on British steel exports, although trade experts warned a broader trade deal between the two countries remains far off.

The UK has drastically increased the volume of natural gas being pumped to the EU amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, powering a record monthly rise in goods exports to the continent despite Brexit.

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) will start collecting Value Added Tax (VAT) from non-resident electronic services provider companies operating in the Ugandan economy, effective July 1, 2022.