Compliance fears as Indian Customs introduces revised manifest rules
Indian Customs has implemented a long-awaited rule revision to tighten export/import cargo manifests. The Sea Cargo ...
The freight industry has raised serious doubts over the announcement last month by UK minister Michael Gove of a new “customs agent academy”.
Mr Gove said the government was talking to the forwarding industry about a new academy, but when questioned by The Loadstar, the Cabinet Office declined to give any details.
UK forwarding association BIFA told The Loadstar: “It’s a bit odd that, if such talks are taking place, the trade body that officially represents UK freight forwarding companies, which make ...
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Rob
May 14, 2020 at 5:10 pmA very enlightening article, I hadn’t heard of this before. Solutions definitely need to be found. Thanks – Rob