News / EC plan to cut import storage allowance falters after shipping community protest

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European shipping stakeholders are up in arms over a proposal to limit temporary storage at EU ports to three days – a significant reduction from the current 90-day allowance. 

Non-EU goods imported into the union are held in temporary storage, controlled by Customs, from the moment they arrive until they are placed under a customs procedure or re-exported, currently this must happen within 90 days.

If this is not done, customs authorities may “take any necessary measures to regularise the situation”, which ...