The ports chief is befuddled why some sectors and groups want to halt digitalization efforts in the shipping industry, accusing them of spreading false information to discredit the program.
THE ports chief is befuddled why some sectors and groups want to halt digitalization efforts in the shipping industry, accusing them of spreading false information to discredit the program.
Julita Q. Lopez, President of Customs Brokers Federation of the Philippines , last week said direct financial cost of the new system will result in “almost 50-percent increase in the cost of importing goods,” which in real terms, she said, is an annual cost of P35 billion. “It is unclear if the PPA has even considered reaching out to the National Economic and Development Authority [NEDA] to fully understand the impact of PPA AO-04-2021 and TOP-CRMS/ECSSSF, especially at a time when the country is reeling from the effects of the pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, fuel price volatility, and global supply chain disruptions,” the stakeholders’ letter read.viously, numbers are being bloated to scare the people and to discredit the program.
“So the question is, how come the general sentiment of stakeholders is that it takes so long to give these deposits back if at all?” he asked.
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