Tag: Customs
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Importers resist Customs’ Cargo Tracking Notes policy
Businesses at the ports are opposing customs new policy, the Cargo Tracking Notes (CTN), saying it will add unto their cost of production. The CTN is expected to track all imports to Ghana to reduce revenue losses with under declaration. Even before its implementation in March 2018, the businesses say they will be disadvantaged. The…
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Importers reject tax evasion claims by AGI
Importers and freight forwarders have dismissed claims of engaging in malpractices at the ports leading to the gradual collapse of local manufacturing industries. They maintain that such allegations could not be possible as they go through strict scrutiny in the clearing process. The comments come on the back of concerns raised by the Association of…
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Freight forwarders bemoan ‘ineffective’ paperless system
Freight Forwarders have lamented over the poor implementation of the paperless system at the port. The freight forwarders say the system has not improved transactions at the ports especially as paperwork continues to dominate their transactions. The paperless system which has been in operation since September last year (2017), is among others expected to reduce…
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Tax stamps won’t impede paperless clearing systems – GRA
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has told Citi Business News that the implementation of the excise tax stamp policy should not impede the paperless clearing system at the ports. This is contrary to some concerns being raised by businesses at the ports that the policy has a potential threat to the efficiency of the paperless…
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Customs dismisses fresh agitations against paperless ports
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has rejected claims by some business operators at the ports over the resumption of the manual clearing system. It argues that it has addressed the outstanding issues with the paperless clearing system hence the claims by the businesses cannot hold. Some clearing agents and freight forwarders…
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Customs seize under-declared container from China
A 40-footer container which was under-declared by an importer has been intercepted by Customs officials at the Nick scan at the Tema Port. The container, which was imported from China, is said to have been mis-described, resulting in the near loss of revenue running into thousands of cedis. According to the Assistant Commissioner of Customs…
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Human error impedes paperless port systems
Officials working on the paperless system at the ports have attributed the numerous challenges surrounding the system to human error. According to them, the lack of due diligence on the part of some officers caused the challenges that was witnessed on Thursday (7th September, 2017) at the Long Room of the Tema Port. Freight forwarders,…
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Customs staff redeployed after outbursts by clearing agents
The Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has disclosed of plans to redeploy staff to the Tema Port to facilitate the clearing process there. The Customs, on Monday, September 4, 2017 reduced its staff stationed at the Long Room of the Tema Port following the start of the paperless clearing system. This was…
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GRA Customs rakes in GH¢2.7 bn in 2017 1st quarter
The Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has raked in an estimated 2.7 billion cedis for the first quarter of 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has revealed. This represents 19.23 percent collection of its total 2017 revenue target of about 14 billion cedis. By this, the Customs division is anticipating a revenue collection…