The National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has given explanation as to why it will be difficult to have consolidated rates for imported used vehicles coming into Nigeria.
Shipping Position Daily recalled that freight forwarders and clearing agents operating at the nation’s ports have always decried the disparity of duty rates payable on vehicles coming into the country.
They said that the duty payable on the same model of vehicle and year at Tin-Can ports is always different from what you will pay on the same vehicle, if it came through Apapa ports.
Some opined that there should be consolidated rates for vehicles of the same model and year coming into the country irrespective of their port through which they came in.
Reacting to this, the National President of NCMDLCA, Mr. Lucky Amiwero explained that the people calling for consolidated rates for vehicles coming into the country do not understand the procedures.
According to him, “most of them who are talking for a consolidated value for vehicles don’t understand procedure; they are just sitting down and talking. When you look at the ships coming, one is coming to Tin Can and the other one is coming to Apapa and they are coming from different places”
Explaining further he said that duties are calculated based on sequential application and not based on skilled quality.
“And most of them have different areas how they calculate their duties, valuation is not done based on skilled quality, it is done on the bases of sequential application. There are six principles of valuation; one is transaction value of identical items, similar value, amongst others, so it is based on what they see”
“You don’t consolidate valuation, it is done on criteria and we have 39 criteria. So if people don’t understand all these, they can go and sit at home” he concluded.
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