He said the dry ports, sea ports, customs, shipping lines, forwarders and bonded carriers be given due representation in this Council.
Talking to newsmen, the PDPA chief lamented that the government is providing all sorts of facilitation's only to Karachi Port where the Customs Clearance is increasingly shifting from up-country dry ports. As a result, only 10 to 15 percent of the import and export cargo is being handled by 12 dry ports of the country. He demanded that at least 80 percent of import cargo should be cleared at these dry ports.
Shehzad Ali Siddiqi said that customs facilities under the CARE initiatives are not presently being utilised for trans-shipment of the dry ports cargo and the stakeholders are justified in demanding that the CARE system should immediately be implemented at all dry ports to reduce paper-work, avoid additional cost being incurred at sea port through utilisation of Customs Direct Delivery System.