| Importer and distributor,China Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Deodat Singh, has moved to the Courts and has secured an injunction against the Guyana Revenue Authority for them to show why they over the years,Wholesale Jerseys, revalues his imports forcing him to pay100 per cent above what he rightfully supposed to pay.In his application, Singh said that he has been importing into Guyana from several countries goods and general merchandise for wholesale and retail for the last 25 years.He says that over the years, Customs officers have “capriciously, arbitrarily and whimsically rejected the transaction value of goods which I import although I have produced to them the necessary invoices, receipts and proof of payments.”According to Singh over the last two years the situation has got worse.He said that last April he imported a container of general merchandise from Curacao and submitted his Customs Declaration Form along with the supporting invoices and Bill of Lading.Singh said that after delaying the processing of his documents for more than one month, the relevant Customs officer arbitrarily rejected the transaction value of the goods which he submitted and increased the value by 100 per cent before levying customs duties.“As a result, I was forced to pay those unlawful customs duties and appeal that abuse of power to the Customs Tariff Tribunal and the said matter is pending before the Tribunal.”He said that before rejecting the transaction value, which he submitted, the customs officer never requested from him any additional information nor did he extend to him a right to be heard.Singh says that he is also aware that the very Customs officer raised the transaction value by only 10 per cent in relation to one of his competitors who imported similar goods from the same source and whose transaction value in some instances lower than his.According to Singh he currently,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, has two containers of merchandise at John Fernandes wharf facility and submitted his Customs Declaration Forms and they are yet to be processed.He says that he has been informed by his customs broker,cheap nfl jerseys china, “and do verily believe that the Customs Department is deliberately delaying the processing of my documents.”Singh says that he was informed by his Customs broker that the Customs officer has already rejected the transaction value which he submitted in respect of one of those containers.The businessman says that while the Customs officers continue to abuse their authority and discretion in not only rejecting the transaction value which he declared but deliberately delaying the process of his documents, he is burdened with demurrage and storage costs for those containers.“I have three more containers en route from Asia and I verily believe that they will suffer a similar faith.”He says that he is advised by his attorney Anil Nandlall, that the Fifth Schedule of the Customs Act, sets out in great detail and clarity how customs value imported goods and is determined to prove that the provisions are completely ignored by the Customs Department.He said, too, that he is advised by and believes “that the Guyana Revenue Authority, a statutory body corporate, has acted arbitrarily, whimsically,Wholesale China Jerseys, capriciously, unreasonably, contrary to the rules of natural justice, in breach of the Applicant’s legitimate expectations, contrary to the Fifth Schedule of the Customs Act.”He said too that he is advised by his attorney that GRA has acted “arbitrarily, whimsically, capriciously, unreasonably,Cheap Jerseys, contrary to the rules of natural justice.”Justice Franklin Holder has directed to the GRA to show cause why a Writ of Mandamus should not be issued compelling them to forthwith process the Singh’s pending Customs Declaration Forms.The matter will be heard again on Monday. |
