Transit trucks conveying exported goods from Ghana's ports to neighbouring countries are to be bonded by the Custom Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) from next year.
The introduction of the bond is to halt the diversion of such goods onto the Ghanaian market, Mr Cletus Poulere, Custom Officer in-charge of the Transit Terminal at the Tema Port, revealed this during a day's stakeholders meeting organized by the Burkina Faso Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tema.
Mr Poulere, briefing participants, said diversion of goods along the transit corridor had become rampant in recent times, therefore the need to put in measures to curb the exercise.
He indicated however that leadership of Custom were working on the fine details of the said bond before its implementation.
He noted that diversion of transit goods deprived Ghana and the destination countries of needed revenue, as no duties where charged on them since they were not meant for the Ghanaian market.
The officer regretted that instead of conveying the goods as declared, they ended up putting it on the local market adding, some went to the extent of changing the number plates of the trucks making it difficult to trace by Customs.
Mr Poulere stated that even though Custom had a monitoring team, it was sometimes difficult to obtain information from the system confirming the arrival of the truck at the destination country.
According to him, some diversion were detected after six months during auditing and sanctions dully imposed on them.
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