Exporters express concerns over rising freight charges, shortage of containers

27 Oct 2020 Evaluate

Exporters have expressed concerns over rising freight charges and shortage of containers as it would impact the country's outbound shipments, and sought Commerce Ministry's intervention in the matter. The other issues raised by exporters were about Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) funds and faceless assessment by customs authorities.

Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) President S K Saraf has said that freight charges have increased significantly by about 30-50 percent depending upon the destinations. He said protests by farmers in states like Punjab have impacted movement of containers which are used to ship goods. He said ‘we raised these issues in the meeting. These are big challenges for exporters’. He added that about 10,000 containers are being held up and it has created a mismatch for export and import purposes.

Besides, Indian Oilseeds and Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC) Chairman Khushwant Jain said agri products should be included in Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Product (RoDTEP). During the April-September 2020 period, India's exports declined 16.66 percent to $221.86 billion, while imports fell 35.43 percent to $204.12 billion over the same period last year. 

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