Tag: GCNET
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GRA promises to resolve challenges with UNIPASS clearing system
The Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, has assured freight forwarders it will resolve all concerns occasioned by the implementation of the new clearing system at the ports by UNIPASS. The first day of the system’s roll-out witnessed increased agitation from freight forwarders at the Tema and Takoradi Ports, as they complained of possible increase in demurrage,…
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Day one of UNIPASS roll-out fraught with delays at Tema and Takoradi ports
The UNIPASS clearance system which took off fully on Monday, June 1, 2020, after a challenging pilot, still had some members of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) in the country, complaining about the existing difficulties with the system. An Executive Member of the Takoradi District of GIFF, Ato Bentsil, in an interview with…
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UNIPASS takes off fully today after challenging pilot
Effective Monday, June 1, 2020, all new transactions in respect of import and export are expected to be processed only through the Ghana Revenue Authority’s new Integrated Customs Management Systems, also known as UNIPASS. UNIPASS, which will replace the systems operated by West Blue Consulting and the Ghana Community Service Network Limited (GCNet), is an…
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Angry freight forwarders, importers picket at GRA to demand suspension of UNIPASS
Some Freight Forwarders in Takoradi on Thursday, May 7th, 2020, picketed at the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority offices in Takoradi to demand the suspension of UNIPASS which they say has been problematic for their operations. According to them, although they raised several issues with the UNIPASS throughout the training and piloting of…
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Processing of documents for Freight Forwarders on May Day yields less results
An attempt by the Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, to use the May Day Holiday to make up for the days it lost in the processing of documents for freight forwarders and importers due to implementation challenges with the new UNI-PASS system, did not yield the desired results. Citi News’ Tema Correspondent, Elvis Washington, reported that…
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Chamber of Freight & Trade urges Gov’t to take absolute control of port clearance
The Chamber of Freight and Trade says the recent challenges faced by freight forwarders at the country’s ports should inform government to assume full control of the clearing of goods at the ports. GCNet was ordered by the Office of the Senior Minister to handover the single window platform to UNIPASS on April 28. However,…
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GCNet’s operations restored after UNI-PASS’ poor takeoff
Ghana’s Single Window portal that houses the manifest, declaration and logistics module in the goods clearance chain at the ports, GCNet, says it has been able to process over 1,500 declarations just an hour after the company was directed to restart operations. GCNet was ordered by the Office of the Senior Minister to handover the…
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Resolve challenges with UNIPASS to prevent fuel shortage – COPEC to Gov’t
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, Ghana, is predicting fuel shortages across the country if government fails to find a solution within the next 24 hours to the ongoing challenges with the migration onto the new customs system (UNIPASS) from the existing GCNet platform. According to COPEC, the ongoing challenges with the migration is leading to…
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GRA engages GCNet to restore system at ports over UNI-PASS challenges
The Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, says it is in talks with GCNet to restore its systems following the challenges witnessed at the ports with the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), otherwise known as UNIPASS. According to them, the discussions with GCNET have been induced by the challenges faced by agents processing their custom…
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UNI-PASS rollout: GIFF anticipates revenue losses over unresolved challenges
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), is predicting revenue losses if the concerns raised by stakeholders on the inefficiencies of the UNIPASS system are not addressed. Some importers at the Takoradi port where the system was piloted however complained of challenges that let to delays in clearing their goods. The President of the Institute,…