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Customs technical team in marathon meeting to unbundle VIN

Eyewitness reporter
The Valuation team of the Nigeria Customs Service is currently at the Abuja Headquarters of the service to where all the valuation officers were summoned.
According to Timi Bomodi, the National Public Relations Officer of the agency, the technical officers were in Abuja to pore over the new valuation policy.
”All our technical officers will work through the weekend to evaluate and review the VIN Valuation.
”That is what I have to say” he said curtly when pressed further for details.
However, our reporter gathered that the team was mandated to examine and review the new system to ensure the valuation method of VIN policy is adjusted to reflect the true value of vehicles.
It would be recalled that the irate freight forwarders have been at loggerhead with the Nigeria Customs Service over the recently introduced VIN evaluation policy.
The Customs brokers have claimed that the new system is fraught with a lot of errors in valuation which have pushed the duties payable on vehicles to over 300 percent of their original value.
They have complained that the new valuation system does not factor in the depreciating status(tear and wear) of a vehicle.
They wanted the new valuation system to use a transactional value system for appropriate valuation
They have therefore sharply disagreed with the policy through protest and strike action which they vowed to sustain until their demands are met.
The convergence of the Customs valuation team was therefore the fallout of the stakeholders’ meeting that the agency had with the agitating agents on Tuesday in Lagos.
At the meeting, the agents marshaled out the areas of their disagreement with the new policy for which the Customs team promised to relay back to the Customs High Chief, Col. Hammed Ali(rtd) for action.
It was expected that the outcome of the meeting of the Customs technical team will result in the adjustment of the parameters for valuation under the new policy.
The team is led by Deputy Comptroller- General, Tariff and Trade, DCG Isa Talatu.
“The management will make its findings known on Monday” Bomodi declared.
It is also expected that the outcome of the brainstorming session of the Customs technical team will address the grievances of the Customs brokers and restore normalcy to the cargo clearing process at the ports.
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