The statement added that officials of the GRA are happy with the revenue performance of the ICUMS as it has improved despite the adverse impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on trade volumes. According to the data from the GRA, apart from June 2020, when the revenue generated by the ICUMS dropped by almost 4% below what was generated same period in 2019. A year-on-year analysis also shows that in July 2020, while ICUMS generated over GH¢1.1billion, the GCNet and West Blue together generated duty payments of GH¢949 million. In September 2020 ICUMS generated above GHc1.2billion representing some 35% increase of revenue compared to the GHc920million duty payments in the same period in 2019. Then finally Ghana’s biggest port in terms of size and ability to accept cargo volumes was hooked onto the ICUMS system on June 1, 2020.

Source: GhanaWeb December 28, 2020 17:37 UTC