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Wednesday
Jan062010

What gets smuggled into Uganda?

You can tell a little about a country from what gets smuggled into it. The Uganda Revenue Authority today named the 10 most-smuggled products illegally entering Uganda (usually being smuggled to avoid paying taxes):

  • polythene (clear plastic) bags
  • mobile phones
  • motorcycles
  • Bitengi fabrics (not quite sure what these are)
  • counterfeit cosmetics products
  • fabrics and garments originating from Asia
  • rice
  • cigarettes
  • medical supplies
  • precious minerals (most likely being transported out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire, or Sudan)

I wonder what America's list looks like.  -Shauen