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Zimbabwe to clampdown on imported vehicles
Government has begun mandatory inspections of all imported second-hand vehicles as part of broader assessments to curb the importation of substandard goods into the country.The scope of the ch...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Counterfeit electronic appliances flood Zimbabwe
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has flagged the increasing proliferation of counterfeit goods especially electronic appliances, amid calls for Zimbabweans to be wary of the products.In ...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt cancels exemption facility for importers
THE Government says the exemptions letters issued to importers, but without expiry dates, under the Consignment Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme 2022 have expired.The CBCA programm...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BV partners with TWAA, innovative digital female-driven mentorship platform in support of women in business in Africa
Empowering women in leadership using innovation to boost development "There is no limit to what we, as women, can acco...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 09:43hrs | | by Agencies
Govt to break Bureau Veritas monopoly on imports inspection
GOVERNMENT is inviting more companies to enter the imports testing; inspection and certification space and break the monopoly of Bureau Veritas (BV), the NewsDay Business has established.Autho...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Industry wants Bureau Veritas contract terminated
INDUSTRY executives have advised Government not to renew Bureau Veritas' contract saying businesses were suffering from added costs due to the implementation of the Consignment Based Conformity Assess...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unlikely to renew Bureau Veritas deal
Bureau Veritas's contract is unlikely to be renewed as Zimbabwe's private sector continues to raise consternation over increasing business costs due to the implementation of the Consignment Based Conf...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'262 million Zimbabwe-bound substandard products rejected'
Bureau Veritas (BV), an international firm contracted by government to undertake consignment-based conformity assessment (CBCA) for imports destined for Zimbabwe, says it has rejected 262 million subs...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's appointment of the Commission was not legal
BUREAU Veritas says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointment of the "Harare Massacre" Commission was not legal. According to Veritas: Section 110(6) of the...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Industry expresses concern over poor quality imports
CONFEDERATION of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has raised concern over the influx of substandard imports, which are easily evading the Bureau Veritas pre-importation assessment system in a development lik...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe no longer a dumping ground, claims Veritas
BUREAU Veritas says it has witnessed a significant decline in the number of non-conforming products into Zimbabwe and has rejected more than 202 million products that were potentially hazardous....Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe consults on second-hand vehicle policy
THE government's decision on whether to increase surtax for imported second-hand vehicles will only be made after consultations with motor industry stakeholders, an official has said.Speaking ...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans yet to ease car import bill
Reputable local car assemblies are lamenting over stiff competition from foreign car dealers. Regrettably, this situation remains unchanged over the years as the country's car import bill continues to...Published: 31 May 2017 at 16:24hrs | | by Rungano Dzikira
Industrial production gobbles over $600m
MORE than $600 million was invested in industrial production in the last five months after Government introduced policy initiatives to restrict the importation of products that could be manufactured b...Published: 22 Dec 2016 at 13:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa calls for Bureau Veritas scrutiny
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the ministry of Industry and Commerce should re-examine the operations of standards firm, Bureau Veritas, amid concerns it was becoming a burden on local ind...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Low quality imports tanks
Zimbabwe has experienced a 23 percent drop on imported products that do not comply with required standards since the inception of tight inspection of foreign commodities in March this year....Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to set up standards regulatory authority
Minister of Industry and Commerce Mike Bimha has said the appointment of Bureau Veritas as an import inspection agent is an interim measure and Government is working towards setting up a standards...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exports to SA leap 380%
THE country's exports to South Africa - its biggest trading partner - spiked by more than 380 percent in March to 1,1 billion rands ($71,4 million, using the average 1:15,4 exchange rate for March) fr...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:19hrs | 2 | by Darlington Musarurwa
Cargo piles up at Beitbridge border post
THE implementation of Government's new pre-shipment regulations under the Consignment- Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme took off with a host of challenges on Tuesday morning.The ne...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 06:25hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Zimbabwe moves in to bar importation of sub-standard goods
ZIMBABWE will from next month start implementing the Consignment Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme that will bar the importation of sub-standard products into the country.Addressing...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 07:20hrs | | by Dumisani Nsingo
Pre-Shipment Inspections introduced in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's open door policy on imports comes to an end on 16th May 2015 when the Consignment Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) Programme comes into effect.The Government of Zimbabwe throu...Published: 01 May 2015 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Fungwa Mawarire
French ambassador urges Zimbabwe to find 'abducted' Dzamara
French Ambassador to Zimbabwe Laurent Delahousse says the abduction of Occupy Africa Unity Square activist and former journalists Itai Dzamara three weeks ago is a bad development in the country and g...Published: 03 Apr 2015 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Irwin Chifera
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