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URA recovers UGX2bn from smuggled goods in one year

by CEO Reporter
Ian Rumanyika, the URA acting Corporate Affairs commissioner says URA had registered a reduction in smuggling in part due to extra vigilance along the borders and use of digital stamps. Courtesy photo
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The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has recovered UGX2.1 billion from 1,445 seizures of smuggled goods between May 2020 and April 2021. A URA report for the period ended April indicates that clothes, cosmetics, cooking oil, rice and wheat flour are the most smuggled goods. Others are cosmetics, cooking oil, sandals, shoes and salt. The tax authority notes that the frequently smuggled goods ha

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