SICPA Security Solutions has been awarded a contract by the Customs Authorities of the Kingdom of Morocco to implement a security marking and tracking system for all beer, soft drink, mineral water, alcohol and tobacco products.

In July 2009, the Morocco Ministry of Economy and Finance passed a law requiring a product tracking system for all locally-manufactured and imported tobacco, alcohol, soft drinks, mineral waters and beer. Subsequently, the Customs Administration awarded a contract to SICPA as the sole technology provider to implement and maintain the new product security and tracking platform. SICPA will be responsible for the implementation, maintenance, repair and technical assistance for all modules of the system. More than 60 engineers and management staff will be deployed locally across the whole country to help implement the system.

This mandate is part of a vast program from the Moroccan Customs and Indirect Tax Administration (ADII), to undertake strategic measures to reform and modernise customs and its logistics chain, providing new technologies and reinforcing partnerships between international customs, other regulatory bodies and the private sector.

It is another coup for SIPCA, whose revenue protection solutions have been deployed in several countries including Venezuela, Brazil, Malaysia, Vietnam, the US and Turkey. The latter was the first country in the world to implement a single nationwide system to securely monitor different excisable products, and over seven billion consumer items ranging from tobacco, wines, spirits and beer products are now protected every year. The system is operated through the joint venture SICPA-ASSAN.

Morocco, meanwhile, is the first country in Africa to initiate the implementation of a single product security and tracking platform for monitoring of multiple product categories.

SICPA Security Solutions has been awarded a contract by the Customs Authorities of the Kingdom of Morocco to implement a security marking and tracking system for all beer, soft drink, mineral water, alcohol and tobacco products.

In July 2009, the Morocco Ministry of Economy and Finance passed a law requiring a product tracking system for all locally-manufactured and imported tobacco, alcohol, soft drinks, mineral waters and beer. Subsequently, the Customs Administration awarded a contract to SICPA as the sole technology provider to implement and maintain the new product security and tracking platform. SICPA will be responsible for the implementation, maintenance, repair and technical assistance for all modules of the system. More than 60 engineers and management staff will be deployed locally across the whole country to help implement the system.

This mandate is part of a vast program from the Moroccan Customs and Indirect Tax Administration (ADII), to undertake strategic measures to reform and modernise customs and its logistics chain, providing new technologies and reinforcing partnerships between international customs, other regulatory bodies and the private sector.

It is another coup for SIPCA, whose revenue protection solutions have been deployed in several countries including Venezuela, Brazil, Malaysia, Vietnam, the US and Turkey. The latter was the first country in the world to implement a single nationwide system to securely monitor different excisable products, and over seven billion consumer items ranging from tobacco, wines, spirits and beer products are now protected every year. The system is operated through the joint venture SICPA-ASSAN.

Morocco, meanwhile, is the first country in Africa to initiate the implementation of a single product security and tracking platform for monitoring of multiple product categories.