Objective 5: To Accelerate regional integration by participating in the harmonisation of
monetary, trade and investment policies.
Under this objective, the APR Panel recommended to: facilitate trade, particularly for small
traders through more education and dissemination of information on import and export
regulations (i); create conditions in border posts and simplify costly compliance measures
to facilitate interaction with other countries; (ii) jointly with partner governments improve
import and export requirements so that they are appropriate to the needs of small traders
(iii ); rapidly introduced one stop border post to ensure that the benefits resulting from freer
regional trade flow to the country (iv); implement a coherent tourism strategy, especially in
relation to the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa (v); disseminate the results at national
level, through public meetings and seminars (vi); define and reinforce strategies to reduce
the cost of doing business (vii), and promote regional integration (viii).
196.In order to facilitate international trade and disseminate information on regional integration
Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) were signed with various segments of business, cultural,
sporting and religious associations and with educational institutions (schools and universities),
including small traders to promote tax and customs education, popularization of taxation, and
broadening the tax base, as well as their integration into the formal economy. Beyond these
MoUs, several lectures and seminars were held to raise awareness of the operators in the
southern, central and northern parts of the country, on the advantages of using the
mechanisms for regional trade facilitation for the import and export.
197.Tax Education campaigns were also carried out through the media with the largest audience in
particular TVM, STV and Radio Mozambique, and several commercials were created
addressing the mandatory display of prices and billing in national currency;
198.13,450 disseminators of tax and customs matters were trained (vs. a target of 12,500) in 2011,
in 110 districts, representing a nationwide coverage of 85.9%. By November 2012, 15,050
disseminators of tax and customs matters had been trained, corresponding to an achievement
of 100.33% of the annual target which had been fixed at 15,000.
199.13 Charging Stations were opened, as follows: 02 in the Northern Region (Monapo) attached
to the Nacala DAF, (Mogovolas) attached to the Nampula DAF and 06 in the Central Region
(Cheringoma, Mwanza Chemba, Machanga Muxungué), attached to the DAF of the 2nd
Quarter of Manga and (Muturara) attached to DAF of Tete, and 05 in the South (Jardim and
Xipamanine) attached to the DAF of the 2nd district of Maputo (Machava and Namaacha)
attached to the DAF of Matola and (Inhassoro) attached to the DAF of Vilankulos
200.The booklet of guidelines and specification of prawns17 was completed in collaboration with the
Institute of Inspection of Fishing and the Fisheries Research Institute, with funding from the
World Intellectual Property Organization. Funds were also mobilized from UNCTAD for the
preparation of the booklet of specifications for aromatic rice from Zambezia and goat from
Tete.
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This document clarifies and guides companies in relation to details of the trade in prawns.
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