Business News of Saturday, 8 October 2016Source: Business in CameroonThe ANP preoccupied by transit delays at the Port of DoualaThe National Port Authority preoccupied by transit delays at the Port of DoualaAccording to the National Port Authority (APN), the transit time for goods at the Port of Douala increased during 2015. Indeed, we learned, this performance indicator was on average around 18.08 days (against 17.27 days in 2014), “in any case, far from the 7-days indicator for imports and 2-days for exports, which is the one in the port reform”, APN highlighted. Beyond these grievances noted by APN, the Cameroonian Customs Administration is always complaining about the fact that economic operators are transforming the Douala Port area in a warehouse. Indeed, due to the low fee price be paid by importers stocking their goods at the port beyond the 10 days allowed by the law for economic operators to go through the clearance process, some goods are left at the even beyond 90 days. In practical terms, explains an authorised source, beyond the 10-day clearance, economic operators pay for a container a sum of “FCfa 600 per day of additional storage within the port, against FCfa 3,800 per day for a vehicle left at the airport parking, for example”.

Source: CameroonWeb October 08, 2016 13:21 UTC