MATINGOU J.R., JENÍČEK V.
Abstract
The Customs Administration in Angola (Direcçao Nacional das Alfandegas) is part of the Ministry of Finance. It
has 783 working officials, of which 427 are in the Luanda region; the other 356 are in the Nort region (Cabinda),
South Central region (Lobito) and the South region (Namibe). Plans are to transform the Custroms Administration
into an Institute with independent legal standing and financial autonomy. Before September 2000, the Angolan
Customs Administration lacked direction and was burdened with inefficient and ineffective systems and procedures.
Its ability to collect revenue, detect fraud and evasion, and facilitate legitimate trade had been severely reduced.
The public and private sectors alike considered the Customs Administration to be inefficient, ineffective, and poorly
managed. A lack of confidence in Cutoms resulted in an increase in bureaucratic procedures that still failed to
address the basic problem of controlling the movement of goods across the country’s borders. Shortfalls in revenue
collection were a particular problem. According to the port authorities and the customs administration, 80 percent
of delays in clearing goods in the port of Luanda are now due to delayed payments from importers. At the airport
this is about 60 percent. The incorrect completion of the Documento Unico causes delays in 7 percent of cases at the
port, and in 14 percent of cases at the airport of Luanda.
Key words:
legitimacy trade, modernisation, custom legislation, incest in infrastructure, Angola custome,
regulation, tariffs, export cystome