They indicated that it is unacceptable for the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to adopt the new shipping freight into their duty calculations. President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Dr Joseph Obeng, in an interview with GhanaWeb’s Ernestina Serwaa Asante on BizTech programme called on the Customs Division of GRA to revert to the collection of old charges. He explained that the price difference from the standard price is too high. “The freight charges that customs decided to input into the duty calculation should not be introduced and that we should use the standard prices… The old freight charge should be used and that is fair,” he said on BizTech. Dr Obeng, however, pointed out that the hike in price is a global problem attributing the increment to the outbreak of coronavirus.

Source: GhanaWeb July 16, 2021 17:15 UTC