Licenses of 20 Freight Forwarders Revoked By GRA

The operating licenses of 20 freight forwarders has been revoked by the customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), for falsifying the port of loading documents from India to other countries.

The freight forwarders, according to GRA, under-declared the values presented to customs for duty and tax purposes.

In a public notice, the Customs Division noted that “Out of the 20 freight forwarders being sanctioned, 13 are said to have diverted transit goods while seven are being punished for falsifying the port of loading documents from India.”

However, efforts are underway to retrieve all the revenue under-declared.

Importers,freight forwarders and the trading public have been advised to desist from falsifying their import documents submitted to the GRA.