Exporters can avoid border delays due to incomplete paperwork by ensuring that they and their agents stay up to date with changes in regulations, says Duncan Bonnett, director of Africa House.
“We advise our clients to pay attention to the bog-standard stuff, such as ensuring your paperwork is 100% correct.
“With that, you have an 80% chance that there will be no problem at the border posts.”
Problems arise when the rules are changed, often without adequate notification.
“Clients who have been exporting to a particular market in southern Africa for 15 years or more using the same paperwork find that a shipment is stopped because they need to also produce x, y and z documentation which was not needed before.”
- Read the full article in our Freight Features edition on "Exports."
