Among the novelties of the Moroccan Customs Guide for Moroccans Residing Abroad, one is related to the vehicle accepted under the so-called Temporary Admission (TA) procedure.
Several hundred kilograms of cannabis resin from Morocco, packaged in the shape of tomatoes, were intercepted last week on the A63 in Castets (Landes), according to the Dax customs brigade.
The anti-dumping measures applied to imports of plywood from China will be maintained until next year. This decision aims to protect Moroccan production.
The Customs services of Dakhla have proceeded on Tuesday to the incineration of a significant quantity of drugs and illicit and smuggled products. This is the harvest of 4 months of seizure of prohibited products whose market value is estimated at more than 153 million dirhams (MDH), which has been set on fire.
In its 2020 report published last Tuesday, the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII) reports a significant drop in smuggling. While in 2019, 585 million DH of goods were seized, the customs services recorded 242 MDH in 2020.
The Covid-19 health crisis has left its mark, particularly on public finances. In 2020, customs revenue recorded a 10% drop compared to 2019.
The Parliamentary Group of the Popular Party (PP) has asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, to urgently set a date for the holding of the high-level meeting with Morocco. For these parliamentarians, the pending bilateral issues are multiplying.
The cities of Laâyoune and Dakhla have recently been the scene of violent clashes between members of smuggling networks. The origin was a settling of scores between traffickers.
The modernization process of the Tarajal border is progressing rapidly. The work on the second phase is progressing normally and a third phase is announced in order to make the border "safer" and "more fluid".
A mixed brigade composed of customs agents and others from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in charge of controlling vehicles crossing the port of Tanger Med to Europe intercepted a freight vehicle destined for Gibraltar containing nuts stuffed with cannabis resin. 3kg of drugs were seized and the driver was arrested.
The Confederation of Employers of Melilla (CEME-CEOE) denounces the unilateral closure by Morocco of the customs post and intends to seize the Council of Europe "so that it forces Morocco to allow imports again".
The new law 55-19 relating to the simplification of administrative procedures and formalities grants certain facilities to client-users, indicates a circular published by the Moroccan Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII).