Transit trucks conveying goods from Ghana’s ports to Neighboring countries are to be bonded by the Custom Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) from next year.
The introduction of the bond is to halt the diversion of such goods onto the Ghanaian market. Custom Officer in-charge of the Transit Terminal at the Tema Port, Cletus Poulere, disclosed this at a stakeholder meeting organized by the Burkina Faso Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Tema.
He noted that diversion of transit goods deprives Ghana and the destination countries of the needed revenue, as no duties are charged on them since they are not meant for the Ghanaian market.
The officer regretted that instead of conveying the goods as declared, they end up putting it on the local market adding, some go to the extent of changing the number plates of the trucks making it difficult for customers to trace them.