Customs: AES and Togo want to strengthen cooperation
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AES Space: Customs experts meet in Ouagadougou to harmonise procedures (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Customs experts from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and the Togolese Revenue Office are meeting in Ouagadougou from 12 to 14 October 2026 to harmonise customs procedures across the AES space. Their report will be submitted to the directors general at their meeting on 15 and 16 October.
Customs: AES and Togo want to strengthen cooperation (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Customs experts from the AES states and Togo's Office togolais des recettes are meeting in Ouagadougou from 12 to 14 October 2026 to prepare the 5th meeting of AES customs directors general. Discussions cover a confederal preferential tariff regime and the harmonisation of customs practices.
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