Customs Division

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said it is committed to resolving challenges associated with Uncleared Cargo List (UCL). Madam Christiana Odi Adjei, the Assistant Commissioner of Customs at the Tema Collection, gave the assurance during a Joint Customs Consultative Committee (JCCC) meeting. She said the Division was working feverishly to ensure that at least when UCL’s were prepared, they would be informed about those that were for transit, so that they could, in turn, inform the representatives of the various Chambers of Commerce for Niger, Mali, and the others. She said with that, the representatives…

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority is investigating two shipping companies and agents who connived to falsify information on trade documents to pay lesser duties and taxes to the government. The process involves the misdescription of the goods to obtain priority clearance and avoid the payment of the full taxes due to the state. Alhaji Seidu Iddrisu Iddisah, the Commissioner of the Customs Division, who disclosed this in an interview, said the Division, acting on intelligence on the two companies and importers, discovered that they had dotted their bills of lading in clearing goods from the Tema Port. He said…