'7 926 cars imported through Beitbridge'

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it has handled a total of 7 926 imports of second-hand vehicles through Beitbridge Border Post between April and June this year.

This brings to 13 904 the total number of cars imported through the same border post between January and June with a 5 978 vehicles coming in the first quarter of 2015.

ZIMRA's Beitbridge regional manager, Christopher Zifudzi said they were handling an average of 88 car imports at Manica Transit shed per day.

Most of these vehicles were imported from Japan, Singapore, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Zifudzi said on average they were clearing around 2 600 vehicles importations per month.

He added that the rates for excise duty on vehicle imports were dependent on the engine capacity and year of manufacture.