The Libyan Customs Authority announced measures aimed at “improving transit services at the land borders with Tunisia and Egypt and protecting the country against spoiled and inferior quality goods,” reported the Libyan News Agency (LNA).
This announcement was made during a meeting between the Authority’s acting director, Major General Musa Ali Mohammed, the director of the General Administration of Technical Affairs, the director of the International Transit Department, and the director of the Authority’s International Cooperation Office.
The meeting focused on resolving obstacles to the transit of goods across Libyan territory.
The Authority explained that a series of procedures and controls were agreed upon in this regard, notably the need to alert customs center officials of the obligation to obtain prior authorization for any transit operation, whether destined for or originating from Tunisia or Egypt, through the Authority’s International Cooperation Office.
The Authority also emphasized the necessity of obtaining a financial guarantee for the value of the goods from the exporting company, which is refundable once the transit operation is successfully completed.
Authorization must also be obtained for the return of any goods from the Tunisian side back to the country of origin, or from the Egyptian side via the designated entry window on the Egyptian side.
The Authority underscored its commitment to respecting the recommendations of the Libyan-Tunisian Customs Technical Committee concerning goods in transit.
If the results of the predictive analysis of goods in transit are negative, those goods must be destroyed in the destination country.
