COVID-19 Hits BURS Border Collections

One of their main concerns was under- valuation and failure to declare goods at borders. The situation has since hit the ceiling during the COVID- 19 period as businesses take advantage of the pandemic to cross with minimal screening.

“The situation at the borders is very bad and the country is losing millions of pula that could be collected. This has come to light through BURS seizing dozens of various goods that had already made it into the country. The Investigations unit has been working overtime because they always catch wrong doers. You can imagine how many others who did not declare properly but were not caught,” a source said.