
Qualitative Operations by Customs in 2025
Customs services carried out qualitative operations during the past year 2025, managing to combat drug trafficking and psychoactive substances.
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Customs services carried out qualitative operations during the past year 2025, managing to combat drug trafficking and psychoactive substances.

Algeria - The Minister of Internal Trade and Regulation of the National Market, Amel Abdel Latif, presided over the opening of the national meeting for sector executives today, Saturday, in Algiers. This meeting is held in preparation for Ramadan, where various proactive measures aimed at ensuring market supply were discussed, in addition to points related to the modernization of the internal trade sector and the training of human resources, according to a statement from the ministry.

Algeria - Finance Minister Abdel Karim Bouzerd today, Saturday, in Algiers, praised the prominent role played by Algerian customs in supporting the growth of the national economy and protecting it from various cross-border crimes, commending the achievements made by this agency in recent years, particularly in combating fraud and smuggling and enhancing digitization.

Algeria - The customs services carried out quality operations during the past year 2025, managing to seize 9.87 tons of processed cannabis, 728.3 kg of cocaine, and more than 16.5 million units of hallucinogenic pills across the national territory, as confirmed today, Saturday, in Algiers, by the Director General of Customs, Major General Abdel Hafiz Bekhouch, during the commemoration of World Customs Day, which was attended by the President of the National People's Assembly Ibrahim Bougali, several government members, as well as representatives from employers' organizations and customs officials.

The Minister of Internal Trade and National Market Regulation, Amel Abdel Latif, confirmed that her sector has adopted a proactive approach aimed at ensuring regular supply across all provinces of the country and launching a network of neighborhood markets in various provinces to control prices during the month of Ramadan, according to a statement from the ministry. Abdel Latif emphasized during her supervision today, Saturday, January 31, of the national meeting for sector executives, that this meeting represents an important milestone for evaluating the sector's efforts, measuring the effectiveness of adopted policies, addressing weaknesses, and enhancing coordination among various structures, highlighting that the internal trade and national market regulation sector is a strategic sector that intersects with various ministerial sectors.

The Director General of Customs, Major General Abdel Hafiz Bekhouch, during the celebration of World Customs Day, stated that the customs sector plays a pivotal role in protecting the national economy, securing borders, and facilitating trade exchanges, especially with the economic and digital transformations witnessed by the customs system. According to a statement from the Director General of Customs, the Major General emphasized the commitment of Algerian customs to continue the path of modernization and professionalization, enhancing professional competencies, and instilling values of integrity and professionalism, in line with the state's directions and the recommendations of the World Customs Organization. Watch the full content on Echourouk Online.

The Minister of Internal Trade and National Market Regulation oversees the opening of the national meeting for sector executives.

The scientific and technological pole 'Martyr Abdel Hafid Ihaddaden' in Sidi Abdellah, west of the capital, witnessed today, Saturday, the establishment of 'startup business clusters'. This took place on the sidelines of the first edition of the exhibition 'National Research Program Products'. The event aims to highlight practical scientific skills and their role in meeting the needs of the national market.

Customs services carried out quality operations during the past year 2025, managing to seize 9.87 tons of processed cannabis, 728.3 kg of cocaine, and more than 16.5 million units of hallucinogenic pills across the national territory, as confirmed today, Saturday, in Algiers, by the Director General of Customs, Major General Abdel Hafid Bekhouch, during the commemoration of World Customs Day, which took place in the presence of the President of the National People's Assembly Ibrahim Bougali, several government members, as well as representatives from employers' organizations and customs officials.

The Minister of Internal Trade and National Market Regulation, Amal Abdel Latif, has approved five proactive steps to control prices ahead of the month of Ramadan. This came according to a statement from the ministry, during Abdel Latif's supervision of a national meeting for sector officials, today Saturday in the capital. Abdel Latif emphasized the importance of the practical measures taken by the sector to protect the purchasing power of citizens.

The Minister of Internal Trade and Regulation of the National Market, Amel Abdel Latif, presided today, Saturday, in Algiers, over the opening of the national meeting for sector executives, which comes in preparation for the month of Ramadan. Various proactive measures aimed at ensuring market supply were discussed, in addition to points related to modernizing the internal trade sector and training human resources, according to a statement from the ministry.

The Minister of Finance, Abdel Karim Bouzerd, praised today in Algiers the prominent role played by Algerian customs in supporting the growth of the national economy and protecting it from various cross-border crimes, commending the achievements made by this agency in recent years, particularly in combating fraud and smuggling and enhancing digitization.