Ghana, like most countries, seems to charge import duties on all imports, with exceptions for narrow sets of preferred imports. Also like most countries, Ghana exempts certain items <i>for personal use of the traveler</i> from this. [0]<p>It really seems like the only way your couriers (who you refer to as &quot;travelers&quot;) could avoid import duties in general -- I mean, I assuming that people aren&#x27;t all purchasing agricultural parts, fishing gear, and other exempt categories of items -- is if the imported goods are being misrepresented as personal use items.<p>Nigeria seems to have generally similar rule exempting personal effects [1] but requiring import duty (and import paperwork!) for all other imports [2].<p>Again, it sounds a lot like what is going on is technically smuggling by misrepresenting imports-for-trade as personal use items.<p>[0] see generally, <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gra.gov.gh&#x2F;docs&#x2F;info&#x2F;customs_guide.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gra.gov.gh&#x2F;docs&#x2F;info&#x2F;customs_guide.pdf</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.customs.gov.ng&#x2F;Stakeholders&#x2F;passengers_concessions.php" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.customs.gov.ng&#x2F;Stakeholders&#x2F;passengers_concessio...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.customs.gov.ng&#x2F;Guidelines&#x2F;Destination_Inspection&#x2F;guidelines.php" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.customs.gov.ng&#x2F;Guidelines&#x2F;Destination_Inspection...</a>