Shortage of Customs Officers impediment to EXIM business: Trade
Source: http://www.portwings.in/articlesinterviews/shortage-of-customs-officers-impediment-to-exim-business-trade/ Port Wings News Bureau: While the Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly emphasizing on increasing exports from the country on every available forum, shortage of Customs officials, mainly responsible for facilitating the export and import (Exim) sector, is going to be a real impediment to the sustained growth of trade, analyst say. According to official sources in Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), the shortage of manpower in Customs Department has increased gradually over the years and now stands at about 40% . Speaking to Port Wings, Mr Murugan, a regular exporter of agricultural products from different East Coast ports, said, “There is a huge shortage of Customs officials at lower, middle and top levels for the last few years in most of the sea ports as well as airports, and it was badly affecting the trade.” “Shortage of official...
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