By PETER SICHALITHE introduction of the clearing agents’ module will only favour a few multinationals who currently hold 95 percent of the clearing business, the Customs Clearing and Freight Forwarding Agents Association of Zambia (CCFFAAZ) has said.CCFFAAZ Vice-President Paston Ndola said the clearing agents’ module also known, as appointment module, would result in side-lining of many Zambian clearing agents.Mr Ndola said the new system would only allow a few clearing agents to clear goods as cargo would be locked to a particular agent. “The clearing agent module is an arrangement where an importer or exporter is required to write to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), informing them of the appointment of a preferred clearing agent to exclusively clear the exporter’s or importe’rs goods or cargo. This means that goods or cargo would be ‘locked’ to one particular agent,” Mr Ndola said.Mr Ndola said clearing agents’ module was an affront to the spirit of fair competition and […]
LOCAL AGENTS PROTEST ZRA’S NEW CLEARING SYSTEM
