Algerian customs law

The importance of international trade, and particularly imports, to Algeria, means that customs law is determinant.

Despite recent changes, Algerian customs law is still a branch of law that can entail sanctions and thus a lack of knowledge of Algerian customs law can have serious financial consequences for an exporting foreign company.

Algerian customs law is characterized by its numerous sources and large number of texts. This intrinsic complexity is added to by the intricacies of accelerated reforms, themselves linked to Algeria's switch to a market economy, to technical changes, to the international economic environment, to the recent agreements between Algeria and the European community, and to Algeria's pending membership to the WTO.

Whilst taxing movements of goods remains the key aspect of the law, Algerian customs law can offer investors numerous benefits. Our Algerian lawyers help clients understand and integrate these substantial benefits into their business plans.

We help clients effectively respond to the constraints imposed by Algerian customs law. We advise them on all the relevant issues of Algerian customs law with a view to optimising their experience of Algerian customs and preventing the risk of a dispute.