The Mozambique Almond Institute estimated, this Thursday, October 30, that 7,600 tons of cashew nuts, a reference crop in the country, were smuggled from Cabo Delgado to Tanzania in the 2024-25 campaign, causing losses of 114 million meticais (1.7 million dollars) to the State, Lusa reported. "The key issue here is that normally this cashew nut is not taxed," pointed out António Jone, provincial delegate of the Mozambique Almond Institute (IAM) in Cabo Delgado, in statements to journalists. The State, Jone added, "loses about 1,200 meticais for every 80 kilos of cashew nut, the equivalent of a sack, thus estimating the fiscal loss of 114 million meticais in the last campaign in Cabo Delgado." "That is indeed the loss," added the provincial delegate. For his part, the Secretary of State of Cabo Delgado, Fernando Bemane de Sousa, admitted that smuggling is facilitated by the porosity of the border with Tanzania, but called for the collaboration of the population in combating the ...