the collapse of major policies<\/a><\/strong> should the malpractices at the ports go unresolved.<\/p>\nOne key program that the AGI believes the illegality threatens is the one district, one factory.<\/p>\n
The President of the AGI, Dr. Yaw Adu Gyamfi announced the plight of the local manufacturers at a media briefing last Thursday, February 1, 2018.<\/p>\n
According to him, the issues of under invoicing, under declaration and mis-description have become complex due to reports of custom officials conniving with the perpetrators.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaying taxes in Ghana is mandatory yet some criminal minded importers have found cunning ways to evade tax\/duties through the connivance with some revenue officials at the ports,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
Manufacturers lament unfair competition<\/strong><\/p>\nCommenting on the issue, the CEO of cosmetic firm, FC Group of Companies, Grace Amey Obeng also lamented the unfair pricing compared with imported products.<\/p>\n
\u201cCreams that would cost you about 1 cedis to produce in Ghana is being sold out on the market for 1 cedis 50 pesewas and that is impossible considering the cost of production such as packaging, water and electricity\u2026We cannot scale up and compete with the imported products,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n
Another member of the AGI, who is a manufacturer of fruit juice, narrated his story on the impact of the malpractices.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlmost every supermarket in Ghana has stocked other brands of fruit juices imported into the country which also contain the food concentrates that we have similar ones produced in Ghana. Why then do we not use those that are produced in the country? We are only happy to create jobs for other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freight forwarders respond<\/strong><\/p>\nBut reacting to these concerns, the President of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Kwabena Ofosu Appiah explained that the strict clearing process couldn\u2019t allow such illegalities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Technical Services Bureau does not take the documents that we present hook, line and sinker; this includes the declared intention before it is allowed into the system. We have another crack team of customs officers at the compliance level who have records that have piled up as a result of transactions that have passed through the system. \u00a0After all of these you go unto the field and meet another set of customs that is if you are channeled to go through examination,\u201d he told\u00a0Citi Business News<\/strong>\u00a0in an interview.<\/p>\nOn the specific concern of systems breakdown of the scanner, Mr. Appiah explained as;<\/p>\n
\u201cThe system that we have on the ground is making it such that goods that are even channeled to the scanner are even reducing; over 76 percent of our operations at the ports is going through the red channel which is physical examination\u2026This goes beyond finding comfort in blaming someone for the challenges at the ports.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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