South Asia Pakistan Terminal (SAPT) has principally agreed to slash the fee for the opening of Let Pass account to pay terminal charges by 80 percent. Talking to Business Recorder, Arshad Jamal senior vice chairman All Pakistan Customs Agents Association (APCAA) said that the APCAA delegation met with the senior officials of newly operated SAPT terminal to discuss the working procedure and system in order to deal with the inbound and outbound logistics at Groin yard, Karachi.
On being requested, the CEO SAPT Rashid Jameel had principally agreed to slash the fee for the opening of Let Pass account to pay terminal charges from Rs 0.5 million to Rs 0.1 million besides showing consentient to accept third party pay orders with refund facility in case of excess payment.
Arshad said that CEO SAPT had asked the delegation to share the records of its members for making APCAA smartcard acceptable at the terminal and added that he also agreed not only to establish facilitation office but also allocate separate place for junk and auction cargo to avoid backlog at terminal.
The delegation cited that SAPT was following KICT payment schedule, which may create financial problems for the trade as KICT was collecting unjustified charges - scanning and data charges. In response to the said grievances, the CEO SAPT has assured to facilitate the trade, saying that terminal had flexible policy for the all stakeholders.
Moreover, Arshad said that CEO SAPT had also accepted the request of the APCAA delegation for establishing collection booth at custom house to facilitate the trade in order to avoid untoward incident. Senior Vice Chairman APCAA said that SAPT official also informed the delegation that SOP to accept the delay detention certificate like PICT and QICT would be finalised soon and FBR would also formulate a policy related to frustrated cargo which would be settled in assistance with shipping companies and APCAA.