Luanda - The New Customs and Tax Academy (ANAT) is working on the technical details for the creation of the Federation of Foreign Trade (FACE) this year, with a view to eliminating trade barriers and diversifying sources of revenue through trade.
According to the chairman of the Board of Directors of ANAT, Leitão António, the federation also aims to identify problems related to the foreign trade chain, with emphasis on the excess of bureaucracy in several institutions involved in the import and export segment of products and services, without the process of tertiarization.
In an interview with ANGOP, this Tuesday, regarding the current context of foreign trade, the source said that the process of creating FACE has received a positive response from importers and exporters, who so far are represented by brokers.
He added that with this, the aim is to look at the organization of international trade with a strategic vision of having the most interconnected economic agents and overseeing the sector's greatest difficulties.
According to Leitão António, FACE is an entity representing exporting and importing companies and specialized associations, such as the Chamber of Official Brokers.
He recalled that the creation of the federation resulted from the 2nd International Trade Forum, organized by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, in partnership with ANAT, on June 20 of the current year.
“Despite the existence of the Trade Facilitation Committee, the sector's agents need a place to discuss their problems, which will be presented to the Government”, he added.
Among the goals set forth, he stated that the federation should represent the interests of foreign trade operators, collaborate with public and private entities, propose measures and reforms to the sector's regulations, standards and legislation, in addition to promoting events that integrate different forces and the achievement of studies related to this segment.
In relation to trade, the chairman of the Board of Directors of ANAT currently believes that it is on the right track, with emphasis on assigning the task of identifying problems and solutions in the field to the sector's operators.
According to him, this initiative, previously assumed entirely by the Government, will allow the identification and resolution of problems for a good business environment in the country, enabling foreign trade to contribute more to the diversification of the economy, with more exports than imports.
He also advocated the need to empower economic agents in order to create more factories and, consequently, jobs and revenue collection.
Without giving exact figures, he stated that the country has a good number of exporters and importers, which requires greater unity among the class to find common denominators.
On the other hand, the chairman of ANAT pointed to the bureaucracy caused by the fact that external negotiations involve several institutions as one of the main difficulties for operators.
For example, he explained, in the export process, there may be two or more institutions approved for the procedures and others not, which creates delays.
Sometimes they are part of banking services, shipping agents, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the General Tax Administration, and often without alignment or interconnection.
Given this situation, the source defends the need for all institutions involved to work together to ensure compliance.
To change this paradigm, the Government has taken measures to simplify and reduce bureaucracy in the processes, with the creation of several platforms, and will soon announce the implementation of the Single Window for Foreign Trade, which will be remedied by the instructions for the export process, preventing human intervention.
The initiative, approved by the Facilitation Committee, will be taken to the Council of Ministers for final approval and then the disbursement to be made by the World Bank.
Current context of foreign trade Regarding foreign trade, the chairman of the ANAT Board of Directors believes that it is not on the right track, highlighting the assignment of the task of identifying problems and solutions in the sector to the sector's operators.
According to Leitão António, this initiative, previously assumed entirely by the Government, will allow the identification and resolution of problems for a good business environment in the country, enabling foreign trade to contribute more to the diversification of the economy, with more exports than imports.
He also advocated the need to empower economic agents in order to create more factories and, consequently, jobs and revenue collection.
Without giving exact figures, he stated that the country has a good number of exporters and importers, which requires greater unity among the class to find common denominators.
On the other hand, the chairman of ANAT pointed to the bureaucracy caused by the fact that external negotiations involve several institutions as one of the main difficulties for operators.
For example, he explained, in the export process, there may be two or more institutions approved for the procedures and others not, which creates delays.
Sometimes they are part of banking services, shipping agents, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the General Tax Administration, and often without alignment or interconnection.
Given this situation, the source defends the need for all institutions involved to work together to ensure compliance.
To change this paradigm, the Government has taken measures to simplify and reduce bureaucracy in the processes, with the creation of several platforms, and will soon announce the implementation of the Single Window for Foreign Trade, which will be forwarded to the instructions for the export process, preventing human intervention.
The initiative, approved by the Facilitation Committee, will be taken to the Council of Ministers for final approval and then the disbursement to be made by the World Bank. ML/QCB/MRA/DOJ
