{"id":35484,"date":"2023-03-28T11:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T10:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/?p=35484"},"modified":"2023-03-28T11:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T10:24:27","slug":"customs-advise-truck-drivers-to-consult-before-tampering-with-transit-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vigorous-feistel.187-124-37-238.plesk.page\/?p=35484","title":{"rendered":"Customs Advise Truck Drivers to Consult Before Tampering With Transit Goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted0\">The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has cautioned truck drivers against tampering with transit goods in the bid to repair their broken-down vehicles while they are transporting goods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted0\">According to the GRA, tampering with goods in transit is illegal and it attracts grave sanctions. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35487\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-28-at-09.07.59.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/>Head of the Transit Unit of the GRA, Assistant Commissioner Peter Antobre Ofori made this known at the Transit Shipper Committee meeting held under the auspices of the Ghana Shippers\u2019 Authority (GSA) on 23rd March 2023. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted0\">In his presentation, he said, \u201cfailure to report incidents that occur in transit to the Customs and solving them by tampering with the goods or otherwise is tantamount to infractions which attract penalties\u201d. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted0\">According to him, the GRA has noted the worrying phenomenon of transit cargo weight misreporting on Ghana\u2019s corridors and is concerned about the potential revenue loss to the state. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35486\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-28-at-09.07.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/>He said that penalties have been outlined to deter such practices including the seizure \/detention of goods, blocking of Agents from further transiting through the country\u2019s corridors and prosecution.\u00a0\u00a0According to him, adhering to the procedures for managing unexpected events will go a long way to improve the declining rate of transit trade on Ghana\u2019s corridor which has been attributed to the enforcement of rules that govern the trade. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35485\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-28-at-09.06.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/>Head of the Freight and Logistics Department of GSA and Chairman of the Transit Shipper Committee, Mr. Fred Asiedu-Dartey called for an all-hands-on-deck approach to dealing with the decline of transit trade on the corridor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted0\">The Representative of Burkina Faso\u2019s Shippers\u2019 Council in Ghana, Ms. Denise Bado Bouba backed the call by Mr. Asiedu-Dartey and further asked for pragmatic steps to be taken to address the challenge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35488\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-28-at-09.11.30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has cautioned truck drivers against tampering with transit goods in the bid to repair their broken-down vehicles while they are transporting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[223,325,511,747,905,1400,1630,2131],"class_list":["post-35484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-assistant-commissioner-peter-antobre-ofori","tag-burkina-faso-shippers-council","tag-customs-division-of-the-ghana-revenue-authority-gra","tag-freight-and-logistics","tag-ghana-shippers-authority-gsa","tag-mr-fred-asiedu-dartey","tag-ms-denise-bado-bouba","tag-transit-shipper-committee"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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