Clearing Agents Accuse Customs of Sabotaging Trade Facilitation - THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
Few weeks after importers and manufacturers of chemical substances in the country accused the Nigerian Customs Service of abuse of End User Certificate, clearing agents have raised the alarm over slow evacuation of cargoes from Apapa port, due to the activities of customs officers.
According to him, “there is a new taskforce called CG taskforce that was posted to Apapa Port, which creates duplication of duties. The presence of the taskforce is gradually slowing the process of cargo clearance and making doing business difficult in Apapa port. He said: “The taskforce must clear you before the clearing agents would go and release the goods from the resident officer. The taskforce must go for physical examination with the resident officer after which, they will write report on the examination, and if they are not satisfied with the result, the taskforce will ask the agent to re-position the container for a second examination.
In the same vein, another clearing agent, Pius Nwani, said the cost of clearing cargoes at the Apapa Port has increased due to the activities of customs officers. “The ease of doing business at the port has been defeated at Apapa Port because we now have multiple layers of customs units clearing cargoes at the port – from resident officers to Customs CG taskforce,” he lamented. “This will not facilitate trade but increase cost and time of doing business at the port.”
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