Angola drops inspection requirement

Angola has dropped its
pre-shipment inspection
(PSI) requirement for
goods into that country
effective since May 1,
according to Retha Naude,
price analyst manager at
Cotecna Inspection SA.
While this will save
SA shippers to Angola
the time and cost of PSI
inspections at the source
of their export products,
Naude warned that there
was an additional possible
problem.
“Angolan customs has
also recently brought in a
‘revised’ tariff book,” she
told FTW. “It is based on
the international, 6-digit
harmonised tariffs, but
broken down into subgroups
and extended to 8
to 10 digits.
“Exporters must check
this out, as Angolan
customs imposes fines for
incorrect declarations,”
Naude told FTW.