Madagascar's Political Leaders Support Progress in Customs Reform
Madagascar Prime Minister Jean Omer Beriziky pledged his support for customs reform, including the fight against corruption, and stressed the need to boost controls against illegal trade, in Feb. 5-7 meetings with World Customs Organization Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya and…
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other government officials, the WCO said. Mikuriya observed customs operations at Toamasina, the country's largest port, which the organization said were well coordinated between the port authority, container service company and customs. In addition, an advanced scanner was installed last year and customs intends to reduce the current scanning rate of about 30% of containers at import by upgrading the automated selectivity system, it said. The growing problem of rosewood smuggling from Madagascar to East Asia has forced customs to put 100% container scanning in place for export.