Dakhla customs under fire

The exorbitant costs recorded since last September for certain products, particularly imported ones, could be explained by the bureaucratic and nit-picking nature of customs at the port of Dakhla, according to a local importer who requested anonymity. "Since last September, the date the new head of the customs district in Dakhla took office," he explained to Libé, "we have been forced to use the ports of Laâyoune and Agadir for our imports, due to the obstacles imposed on us by this new boss, not only at the port level, but also at the other offices under this district. Despite importers complying with all the provisions and laws governing imports, the head of the district finds ways to block them or impose conditions that they find very difficult to overcome. To realise this, you only have to go to what should be a booming port, due to its proximity to the Canary Islands and especially…