Tag: ICUMS
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UNIPASS’ challenges alarming; restore previous system for now– GIFF to GRA
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) has criticized the Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, over what it describes as a failure of the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management System, ICUMS, also known as UNIPASS. The system, according to GIFF, has for the past one week since its introduction, faced series of challenges that call for…
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Manual system hasn’t returned to the ports with UNIPASS – GRA to IMANI
The Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, has debunked claims by IMANI Africa that the country’s ports have been changed back to the pre-2002 manual systems as shipping lines, freight forwarders and clearing agents, are now being requested to provide photocopies of documents previously used to clear goods. According to them, “It is not the case that…
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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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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…