Source: BusinessMirror
Another inflation-driven multimillion-peso irregularity hit port stakeholders after the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) issued in March 2016 the Vehicle Booking System (VBS) to ease traffic following the horrendous port congestion at the Manila piers in 2014 and 2015, which was the result of a Manila City ordinance.
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Source: MicroScope
HM Treasury and HMRC has made £8m available to any company that can automate the customs configurations needed in response to Brexit.
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Source: NDTV
Tightening norms for e-commerce firms having foreign investment, the government on Wednesday barred online marketplaces like Flipkart and Amazon from selling products of companies where they hold stakes and banned exclusive marketing arrangements that could influence product price. The revised policy on foreign direct investment in online retail, issued by the commerce and industry ministry, also said that these firms have to offer equal services or facilities to all its vendors without discrimination.
Source: Gulf Times
Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) concluded the 15th session of the training programme for customs brokers and delegates. It was organised in co-operation with the General Authority of Customs, with the participation of 58 trainees.
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Source: GOV.UK
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Source: africanews.
The Minister of Trade, Informal Sector, Consumer Affairs, Local Product Promotion and SMEs, chaired on Monday afternoon in Nairobi a panel organized by the African Performance Institute (www.Performance-Institute.org), led by Ibrahima Nour Eddine DIAGNE. This panel was held on the margins of the African E-commerce Week organized for the first time in Africa by UNCTAD.
Source: Vanguard News Nigeria
Controversy is currently trailing the recent announcement of the collection of about N1.1 trillion by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, as operators and stakeholders raise questions on the integrity of the duty collections.
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Source: newbusiness
A new report out today reveals that more than six out of ten customs seizures of counterfeit or pirated goods are of small parcels sent through postal or courier services.
Source: BusinessMirror
Another serious problem port stakeholders encounter is the highly questionable imposition by international shipping lines of multi million-peso deposits on containers and the very slow processes of getting a refund for such deposits.
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Source: BusinessMirror
The logistics industry targets to generate 7.5 million jobs and employ at least 5 percent of the country’s labor force by 2022, as it intends to make its services more efficient compared to its Southeast Asian counterparts.
