LAHORE: The shipping lines have chosen to inflict huge losses on the imported goods imposing illegal detention and demurrage charges making them costly for the consumers while authorities concerned are also not ready to take up the issue.
This was stated by Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) ex-Vice-President Zeeshan Khalil while talking to Customs Today here.
Talking about the illegal demurrage and detention charges taken by the shipping lines including M/s Maersk Pakistan Pvt and M/s QICT, he said that these shipping lines have no set criterion and worst is that the Customs Department and the government are never interested in regulating the shipping lines.
He also talked about the hurdles created by a few Customs officials who for the sake of minting money illegally obstruct and delay the clearance of the import consignments. The Customs ASO and Customs I&I should be stopped from this illegal practice and they should do their job of checking smuggling, he stated.
He said that the government and the NAB should take action against Maersk Pakistan and QICT for demanding illegal demurrage and detention charges from genuine importers.
