Regional revenue authorities will now focus on Small and Medium Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) to improve uptake of Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) initiative, which has remained low since it was implemented in 2006.
Tedious application processes that take long without sufficient guarantee that a company will be accredited has been cited as one of the major obstacles in the implementation of the AEO programme run by the customs authorities in East Africa, the latest report on logistics has revealed.
