Government sets up CCFCs at ports to expedite customs clearance
Source: PTI The government has set up Customs Clearance and Facilitation Committees (CCFCs) at ports to ensure expeditious customs clearance of goods to improve ease of doing business for traders. “Ease of doing business: Customs Clearance and Facilitation Committees in ports bringing in systemic improvements. It’s a recent initiative,” Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das said in a tweet. It will facilitate trade at all the major customs seaports and airports. Welcoming the move, exporters body Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) said the move will help in getting faster clearances from different agencies. “Traders take clearances from different agencies for exports and imports. These committees will help in resolving matters related to clearances. Any delay in this process impacts traders,” FIEO ...
