Pakistan and China agree to a single electronic customs portal to fight TBML
Pakistan’s new national single window customs portal, which allows traders to submit and access all relevant documents relating to a trade via a single electronic gateway, is to integrate with its Chinese counterpart after the customs authorities in the two countries agreed to form a…
Undervalued exports of gold and cocoa from Ghana in 2011-17 amounted to US$8.8 billion
Mispricing of gold and cocoa exports from Ghana has contributed to significant tax base erosion from one of Africa’s most resource rich countries according to a new paper based on an innovative methodology for measuring abnormal pricing. Instead of using aggregate trade statistics to measure…
Single window customs portal expected to curb TBML in Pakistan says former finance minister
Pakistan’s new national single window customs portal, which allows traders to submit and access all relevant documents relating to a trade via a single electronic gateway, is expected to curb trade-based money laundering (TBML) according to a former finance minister. Shaukat Tarin, who is now…
