Staff Reporter
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has announced the suspension of Kariba Border Post movements redirecting all activities to Chirundu Border Post with immediate effect.
ZIMRA, yesterday proclaimed the suspension of Kariba Border Post, as a port of entry for cross border passenger ferrying buses and vehicles imported from the Far East transiting through Zambia from the Port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
“The Commissioner of Customs and Exercise wishes to advise all valued stakeholders, cross border passenger bus operators, importers of vehicles and their clearing agents as well as all cross border travellers through Kariba that the Authority has suspended, until further notice, the use of Kariba Border Post as a port of entry for cross border passenger ferrying buses and vehicles imported from the Far East transiting through Zambia from the Port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
“These movements will now be required to use Chirundu One Shop Border Post as the alternative,” reads the statement.
ZIMRA indicated that the decision comes in the wake of high traffic congestion being experienced at Kariba Border Post, which had stretched the current infrastructure beyond its capacity to handle cross border traffic. It further stated that the high traffic had also negatively affected Government projects.
“The current high traffic volumes have also adversely affected ongoing Government projects towards refurbishment of the Kariba Dam wall structures and the hydro-power plant, both of which are critical national resources given their strategic economic importance,” reads the statement.
ZIMRA highlighted that it had liaised with its counterparts in the Zambia Revenue Authority and suitable intervention measures had been put in place to manage the adjustments of the port of entry (Zimbabwe) and port of exit (Zambia) on any declarations that had already been received and processed through the automated platforms of each Authority.
The suspension is with effect from 20 July 2023, until further notice.
