Progress report on regional customs survey

Abstract

This paper deals on the outset of any study of the means of developing the economies of African countries that the attainment of policy objectives will in most cases be dependent on the solution of the large number of fundamental technical and administrative problems involved. Not the least of these is the problem of overcoming the numerous technical difficulties to be found in the field of customs taxation and administration. Whatever line of action is needed to bring prosperity and better living standards to African countries, whether it be in the form of development measures in the public sector, industrialization in the private sector, expansion of intra-African trade or measures for economic integration, certain technical or administrative customs problems will be encountered at some stage of the process.