By Doh James Sonkey
The Director General of the Customs sector in Cameroon, Fongod Edwin Nuvaga has introduced simplified mechanisms for the collection of customs revenue on phones, tablettes, other devices.
This took place during the execution of the accord signed by Finance Minister, Louis Paul Motaze, where the DG chaired an information and sensitization session with Customs officials of the Littoral I and II Sections as well as some consignants and dealers of mobile telephones, tablettes and other digital devices, last March 19, 2026 in Douala.
Instituted by Article 6 of the 2023 Finance Law of the Republic of Cameroon, the reform on new electronic collection duty mechanisms of customs to the importations of mobile telephones, tablettes and other digital devices have been well assimilated by the identified targets.
They came to understand that these customs revenue on mobile phones have witnessed a significant drop of FCFA 2 billion per month in the years 2000 to FCFA 100 million by month in the year 2025. The causes are known: fraud and contraband, tax uncivil behaviour, control inefficiency, multiplication of informal entry points in the national territory.
The DG of Customs who was accompanied by his close collaborators at the session such as the Head of the Computer Unit, Marcelin Djeuwo and Paul Olivier Libii of the Division of Legislation and Litigation, explained to the different stakeholders these simplified new electronic duty collection mechanisms.