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Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by balatukur: 11:00pm On Aug 19, 2016
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has impounded 31 containers of rice that was illegally imported into the country.
The items, which the market value was yet to be determined, were seized Friday, at the Tin-Can Island Container Terminal (TICT), Lagos.

Addressing reporters at the venue of the seizure in Lagos Friday, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Col Hameed Ali who was represented by a Deputy Comptroller-General ( DCG) Dan Ugo said the items were shipped into the from China.
The importer, he said, wanted to shortchange the government by declaring the items as yeast in his bill of laden.
Yeast importation, Ali said, attracts five per cent duty, while rice attracts 110 per cent duty and 60 per cent levy.

For falsifying his document and wanted to cheat the government, the Comptroller-General has therefore, declared that over 40, 000 bags of rice inside the containers as outright seizure without any option of payment for the importer.

The measure, he said, was applied to serve as deterrent to other scrupulous importers operating at the nation’s sea ports and border stations.

Investigation by The Nation revealed that some of the container number in which the rice were shipped into the country through the MAERSK LINE include the following: MSKU: 410819 (6) 22 G1, MSKU: 711125 (4) 22 G1, PONU: 033850 (2) 22 G1, MSKU: 339624 (6) 22 G1, MSKU: 753283 (9) 22 G1, PONU: 205422 (cool 22 G1, MRKU: 857850 (cool 22 G1, PONU:000208 (2) 22 G1, MSKU: 763801 (3) 22 G1, MSKU: 365294 (4) 22 G1, GATU: 054746 (6) 22 G1, MRKU: 715521 (9) 22 G1, MSKU: 741347 (0) 22G1, PONU: 044185(0) 22 G1, CLHU: 30353322 (7) G1, ZIMU: 129944 (6) 22 G1, MRKU: 731946 (2) 22 G1, MSKU: 788942 (5) 22 G1, MRKU: 654641 (4) 22 G1, MSKU: 521748 (4) 22 G1, MSKU: 405022 (1) 22G1, MSKU: 206425 (2) 22 G1, MRKU: 729473 (9) 22 G1, MRKU: 986083 (5) 22 G1, MRKU: 681160 (5) 22 G1, MAEU: 679395 (3) 22 G1, MRSU: 026634 (2) 22 G1, PONU: 01906722 G1, MRKU:777063 (0) 22G1 and MRSU: 015690 (0) 22G1
He said that the rice laden containers were ferried by Maersk Line vessel to Tincan Island Container Terminal (TICT) at the port.

He bemoaned the situation where the importer deliberately made false declaration in a bid to evade duty.

The CGC retracted that the era false declaration and debit note was over; saying importers with false declaration of imports would be punished by the government.

“We have told clearing agents and importers to do genuine declaration. We are all talking of trade facilitation at port and some importers are busy abusing the system,” he said.


http://thenationonlineng.net/customs-impound-31-containers-rice-lagos-port/

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by PEPPERified: 11:03pm On Aug 19, 2016
Please not now, not with the price of rice now

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Nobody: 11:08pm On Aug 19, 2016
40k bags of rice??...d owner dan suffer!!!!

D govt z wicked xha!!,d levy 2 mch na!!.....

Btw,let xumbody who knows sumwan dat knws sumbody in d high places tell them to release d bags of rice into d Nigerian market!!!....Mk dem nr go put am 4 dia warehouse!!,na beg we dy beg!!


E dey pain me 4 d owner xha!!

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by waleadex(m): 11:58pm On Aug 19, 2016
That's huge...but for real we need rice more at cheaper price in Nigeria right now.

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by MrCounselor: 8:04am On Aug 20, 2016
Crazy!!!
When nothing is working in Nigeria and nobody is manufacturing barely
half of the staple food we need internally and you still keep about banning
the few ones that get in.
What are they going to do with it ? Destroy? [size=15pt]Nah![/size]
[size=18pt]Steal it[/size]
Buhari is the main loser here


Shy of bet shops?
You don't have to visit one, just check my signature.

Even, ladies are outperforming with this approach grin


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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by mtprofessor5(m): 8:06am On Aug 20, 2016
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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by 8BitGee(m): 8:06am On Aug 20, 2016
waleadex:
That's huge...but for real we need rice more at cheaper price in Nigeria right now.

Our rice farmers will never get off the ground if we don't discourage importation. We have to make some sacrifices!

Nigerians must learn to lose the taste for foreign goods. Let's buy our own to uplift our country's economy.

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by phetto(m): 8:06am On Aug 20, 2016
Good move. We need to start patronising made in Nigeria products nt imported goods

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Nobody: 8:07am On Aug 20, 2016
Why are these people wicked like this? 40k bags of rice is no small goods, that's a whole lot.

Before they'd release these bags, they must have stolen like 10k bags and sell them..





The owner right now ;

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Tallesty1(m): 8:07am On Aug 20, 2016
They will soon send the rice to one IDP camp like that

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Jediel1(m): 8:08am On Aug 20, 2016
Omo 40bags, d owner go wan die

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Dsimple: 8:09am On Aug 20, 2016
well, what else will I say than say its serves him right .
we all blame the government for our undoing, that importer is a criminal and should be treated as such. imagine someone shortchanging the government with that huge amount of money.
didn't he knew the process involved in the business before venturing into it?
the government has done nothing wrong because it only seized rice not ' yeast' . he is perhaps not the owner of the rice .that's how they bring in dangerous weapon to the country by falsifying the content of it.
A deterrent I say to the would be criminal.
let the Nigerian custom auction the at a very low price so that we can all enjoy from it

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by damola1: 8:09am On Aug 20, 2016
Gbese re o. When dollar don scatter like this.

Even if hin cost na 7k. That's like 40k x 7...

280milla. Retail market value 20k x 40k. 800milla...

Jesus!

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Prandeli: 8:09am On Aug 20, 2016
Na wa o
Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by luvinhubby(m): 8:09am On Aug 20, 2016
8BitGee:


Our rice farmers will never get off the ground if we don't discourage importation. We have to make some sacrifices!

And you ban what you cannot produce a quarter (1/4) of your local need.

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Philinho(m): 8:09am On Aug 20, 2016
Another food for IDPS.

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Nobody: 8:10am On Aug 20, 2016
See the man face self like person wey just come back from boko war. hunger in naija already we go adapt.
Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by teacherbim(f): 8:10am On Aug 20, 2016
When are their redistributing the locally made rice to Lagos?Anambra, Taraba e.t.c I'm expectant ooooo

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by osahonmk(m): 8:10am On Aug 20, 2016
Nice one..... Let's encourage our local farmers and create more employment for the youths through farming..... I will rather buy a bag of rice for 20k knowing the money is going into my fellow Nigerian pocket Dan 12k going to d already rich Chinese guys

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by femimike1(m): 8:11am On Aug 20, 2016
shocked
Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by emerged01(m): 8:11am On Aug 20, 2016
8BitGee:


Our rice farmers will never get off the ground if we don't discourage importation. We have to make some sacrifices!
The problem is Nigerians don't want to make sacrifice even for the sake our children.

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by abbahlovethchi: 8:11am On Aug 20, 2016
oga col.Hameed.settle well.we that rice pls.some have not eaten rice since Jan.highly skyrocketing.
Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by gigtom: 8:11am On Aug 20, 2016
I know most people will complain about this. But we should try to encourage our local rice farmers by patronizing our very own. I could remember our very own twitter senator (Sen Bruce) saying buy naija grow the naira

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by eightsin(m): 8:11am On Aug 20, 2016
Too bad. He should make some contacts and I am sure they will be released to him though he will still pay much
Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Mopricelezz(f): 8:11am On Aug 20, 2016
40,000? Kai..
Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by 8BitGee(m): 8:12am On Aug 20, 2016
luvinhubby:


And you ban what you cannot produce a quarter (1/4) of your local need.

It is not a ban, a higher duty was placed on it to make it less attractive. Even the UK has this kind of policy in the automotive industry to help promote Vauxhall, Jaguar and Land Rover.

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by IMASTEX: 8:12am On Aug 20, 2016
hmm. Custom Custom, how many times did I call your name?! Are you sure it is 31 container!

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by hucienda: 8:13am On Aug 20, 2016
Won't be surprised when the supposedly contras end up in IDP camps.

All in all, a good policy by the Buhari administration here to encourage and strengthen local rice production.

That's the thing - good, sound policies don't need paid sycophants and propagandists to defend them in the realm of facts and common sense.

I hope he does same in other areas as his arrives midpoint of his tenure.

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by NairaMaster1(m): 8:15am On Aug 20, 2016
APC is interested in increasing our hardship. But the importer no try
Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Divinehenrich(m): 8:15am On Aug 20, 2016
Somebody money

The owner of the seized goods will be having a sleepless night. Too bad.
Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by Midegee(m): 8:15am On Aug 20, 2016
A welcome development, this is a signal that the govt is indeed serious about their sermon of self sufficiency....Nigeria ll b great again

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Re: Customs Impound 31 Containers Of Rice At Lagos Port by appini: 8:16am On Aug 20, 2016
Rice grabbers

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