The Comptroller wishes to provide background context to the media report in the Solomon Star by Moffat Mamu pertaining to the article titled ‘Wale welcomes Comptroller’s advice to increase compliance test’.
The Solomon Islands Excise Division have recently received 3 x Smiths-Heimann X-Ray Scanning Machines donated by the Australian Border Force (ABF).
Customs is the leading border enforcement agency of SIG, with responsibility to protect our borders, assess and collect revenue and facilitate trade. Customs Officers are honest, trustworthy and perform their duties to high professional standards.
Customs is the leading border enforcement agency of SIG, with responsibility to protect our borders from illegal activity, and assess and collect almost 1.4 Billion dollars in duties and taxes.
Solomon Islands became the 185th Member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) on 26 January 2023, when it deposited its Instrument of Accession to the Convention Establishing a Customs Co-operation Council, with the Government of Belgium as the Depository..........Read more