Zimbabwe mulls one-stop border post

Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa will before end of June introduce a one-stop post on the Zimbabwean side of the border as part of measures to improve the clearing processes.

The facility will entail coordination and cooperation among all agencies involved in regulatory requirements at the ports of entry.

Chinamasa said this measure was in order to facilitate fast clearance of cargo, movement of travellers and also enhance revenue collection, thereby reducing the cost of doing business.

"The electronic single window platform will guarantee access rights to view and monitor enforcement of regulations by all relevant agencies, through an interface to the ASYCUDA World System under the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)," he said in his 2015 National Budget presentation on Thursday.

He said all fees and charges would be collected by the revenue collector in addition to enforcing prohibitions, restrictions, import and export controls, permits and licence validations on behalf of all regulatory agencies.