News / Botched digital customs clearance no help to congestion-hit trade in India

21/10/2020

A botched digitalisation programme has caused long customs clearance delays in India, exacerbating the country’s container shortage crisis.

The ‘faceless assessment’ initiative has been rolled out at ports across India since June, to implement contactless and paperless customs clearance.

However, according to the Mundra Custom Brokers’ Association ...

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