Hauliers urged to act on bonded accreditation

ANOTHER URGE to truckers wishing to carry bonded goods to apply for accreditation by the SA Revenue Services (SARS) customs section has come to FTW from Deloitte & ToucheÕs trade and investment solutions division. This refers to Rule 64D of the Customs and Excise Act where 'the Licensing of the Remover of Goods in BondÕ is detailed. "We wish to remind your readers that applications to be licensed as a Remover of Goods in Bond have been able to be lodged with SARS since March 15," a spokesman said. But, as the forwarding community has already told FTW, of the companies which have so far licensed themselves only a few have been road hauliers. This so far leaves forwarders with only a very limited choice of carriers who will be able to haul bonded goods legally under the new amendment to the C&E Act. The trigger for truckers, they added, should be that October 1 is the cut-off point - with unlicensed carriers being excluded from bonded removals after that date. "Only licensed SA removers will be allowed to move or carry bonded cargo," said D&T, "while foreign hauliers will only be allowed to move bonded goods out of the country."