FTW launches Duty Calls Online

Customs experts will answer your queries in chat room forum TODAY (January 24) sees the launch of an interactive chat forum for the freight industry offering FTW readers online, real time access to the expertise of Customs expert Riaan de Lange of Deloitte & Touche Trade & Investment Solutions. A joint venture by FTW and its electronic sister Cargo Info Africa, Duty Calls Online will provide readers with a regular question and answer platform on a range of customs-related issues. The first forum will cover anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard measures and De Lange will be joined by Francois Dubbelman, previously with the Board on Tariffs and Trade, who was involved in the setting up of the anti-dumping division. The hour-long forum will take place from 10:00 to 11:00. Readers will merely log into the chat room on www.cargoinfo.co.za, send their questions, and the replies will be generated immediately. If you would like to send your questions in advance, email: joyo@nowmedia.co.za