Customs brokers: PPA’s new monitoring system won’t cut logistics costs

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The Customs Brokers Federation of the Philippines (CBFP) on Friday disputed the claim of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) that its new monitoring system in ports would bring down logistics and shipment costs.

the implementation of the Trusted Operator Program-Container Registry and Monitoring System .

"What the PPA deliberately omitted is the fact that these container deposits they are trying to eliminate are refundable to importers once the container is returned to the depot. Under the TOP-CRMS, this will not be the case anymore. The PPA will charge importers a service fee amounting to P980 per container on top of an undisclosed amount of insurance coverage in lieu of a container deposit, excluding value-added taxes," she added.

"But this doesn’t happen. A lot of complaints from customs brokers and importers relate to the extreme delay in the return of these container deposits, ranging from six months to more than a year before anything is returned, but with deductions and a lot of times not at all," he said. "In real terms, this will lead to a staggering additional annual import cost estimate of at least P35 billion," she said.

 

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