Trade at the Kanyaru-Bas border point in Burundi’s northern Ngozi Province has been suspended after the government closed the customs office due to low levels of cross-border traffic since July this year when a ban on food exports was implemented.
"Burundi Revenue Authority has seen a downturn in the traffic of goods across Kanyaru Bas trans-border between Burundi and Rwanda since July 2016. The tax collected in that locality could no longer pay the salary of one OBR agent," said Leonard Sentore, commissioner general of the Burundi Revenue Authority (BRA).
He said users of the trans-border customs offices would now use neighbouring customs offices including Kanyaru-Haut in northern Kayanza and Gasenyi in northern Kirundo.
