New Guidelines for More Facilitation in the Import File

The Association of Banks and Financial Institutions revealed in an official correspondence, dated January 5, 2026, and numbered 44/2026, new guidelines for banks operating in Algeria regarding the monitoring of import operations. The correspondence, which was reviewed by 'Echorouk', added that import operations registered before July 1, 2025, are not subject to the estimated import program, emphasizing that it is not mandatory to register these operations within the mentioned program. According to the same correspondence, economic operators who obtained the estimated program during the second half of 2025, and who have not yet registered their operations, but whose goods were shipped before December 31, 2025, can register these operations based on the transport document...