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Undeterred, the customs department plans to launch an SMS service informing importers about the arrival of ships carrying their goods at the country’s ports beforehand. “We are working towards a new system wherein if the bill of entry is filed in advance, trader will know in advance when his goods are arriving at the port and take delivery,” a senior customs official revealed.
The average time taken for a container to move from ports to factories dropped to 100 hours in April from 307 hours as listed in the doing business report of the World Bank for 2016. Also, while the average is 100 hours, 70% of cargo is customs cleared immediately and most of the rest in 48 hours, officials said.
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