GUTA Fights GIFF Over CTN

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has cautioned the Ghana Institute of Fright- Forwarders (GIFF) to desist from sabotaging the Cargo Tracking Note policy.

A statement issued yesterday by the Deputy General Secretary of GUTA, Emmanuel Nana Poku Acheampong accused GIFF of deliberately politicizing and reading different meanings into the policy to vandalise the system.

He asserted that the “CTN deals directly with importers and traders not intermediaries”, hence the need for GIFF to stop sabotaging the policy.

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) introduced the Cargo Tacking Note system on July 1 for all shipments into the country.

However, prior to its introduction, the Union together with GIFF kicked against it siting some loopholes in the policy.

This led government to review the policy for the betterment of the importers and traders.

According to Nana Poku, the new-reviewed CTN is “not applicable to importers and traders whose capacity is maximum 1-3 Teus per month which is equivalent to eighteen 40feet high queue containers within a year and also 36 20feet container within a year for each trader or importers.”

Describing the review as a great change, he called on all traders and importers to support the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) policy.

“I strongly urge GUTA Greater Accra Region to put all differences aside and welcome the policy in good faith since we have a President Nana Akuffo Addo who is ready to listen to us,” he said.

The CTN system requires importers to provide real time information on all consignments to Ghana to a global monitoring platform.

The cost, which ranges from $100 to $200, is being borne by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).

By: Emmanuel Yeboah Britwum