This phase, effective since January 1, 2021, will continue until August 3, 2021. Suspended in August 2020 because of the Covid-19, according to the Cameroonian authorities, the tariff dismantling of customs duties on products, in the framework for the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between Cameroon and the European Union, resumed on January 1, 2021. This resumption marks the fifth phase of this process which will run until August 3, 2021.
According to information published on its website, the Directorate General of Customs (DGD) specifies the lists of products, the applicable rates and the conditions of eligibility. According to the DGD, “the customs import duty (DDI) of the concerned products of group 1 will remain reduced by 100%; the other duties and taxes remaining unchanged.
The import customs duty (DDI) of the concerned products of group 2 will be reduced by 60%; the other duties and taxes remaining unchanged and the customs import duty (DDI) of the concerned products of group 3 will be reduced by 10%; the other duties and taxes remaining unchanged ”, we can read.
As a reminder, in group I, we find products such as donkeys, cattle, buffaloes, poultry, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, camels, primates, rabbits, dogs, cats and reptiles, sugar canes, rattan, bamboo, tuber roots (sweet potatoes, potato seeds, etc.), cereals, etc.
Group II consists of products such as mosses and lichens for bouquets, plantains, pineapples, avocados, guavas and papayas, essential oils, waste, trimmings and scrap of vinyl chloride polymers, etc.
Group III consists of: Live animals, meats, frog legs, live bees, meats and edible offal of primates, almonds, hazelnuts, chestnuts, gasoline intended for aviation, ordinary gasoline, super fuel, among others.
