To make the most out of regional trade while diversifying from reliance on oil revenues, South Sudan’s revenue collection body has partnered with an aid-for-trade organisation.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which the South Sudan’s National Revenue Authority (NRA) signed with TradeMark Africa (TMA), if implemented to the dot, could according to regional trade analysts, improve the trading environment of the newest country in the world with her regional peers and neighbours.

The MoU signed barely a fortnight ago in the South Sudan capital, Juba, commits the two into working towards establishing a modern trade systems and procedures to support faster clearance and transiting of goods.

This builds on the work that TMA in partnership with the Juba governments is undertaking at Elegu-Nimule border, the main crossing point between Uganda and South Sudan.

Given the prevailing situation, it became apparent that attention will be given to enhancing faster clearance and movement of humanitarian goods coming into South Sudan aiming to halve the time it takes from the current two days to one day or even less.

According to the South Sudan Commissioner General, National Revenue Authority, Dr Olympio Attipoe, the uncertainties surrounding consignments destined for South Sudan have been a major challenge. Cases of delayed container freight stations in Mombasa, disappearance of cargo and theft have been rampant and documented.

Source: Daily Monitor

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