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Nepali Importers Denied Cargo Tracking Service

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Nepali Importers Denied Cargo Tracking Service
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June 2: The Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) is in place for goods transported to Birgunj and Bathnaha railway station near Biratnagar from Indian ports in Kolkata and Visakhapatnam, but the Nepali importers so far have not been able to track their containers transported through railway.

The ECTS service provider says that the government agencies of Nepal and India as well as the importers can track their goods using the tracking system. However, the tracking service is not yet available for the Nepali importers even though it has already been over three months since the implementation of the tracking system, according to Ganesh Prasad Lath, a Nepali importer.

The system came into effect on February 15 for goods transported from Kolkata while it was in use for goods transported from Visakhapatnam since two years.

Lath, who is also a central committee member of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), said that the Nepali importers are not getting the tracking service from both the ports.

The unavailability of the tracking service has cast a doubt among the importers that the system might have been introduced just to charge extra amount from them. They have complained that the ECTS is adding financial burden without rendering the service.

Nava Raj Dhakal, joint secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, said that the problems have emerged as the ECTS in in the testing phase.

“Some technical glitches might have appeared as we are in the initial phase of implementing the tracking system. The problems will be resolved gradually,” said Dhakal.

The ECTS was introduced to minimize the cost of trading by removing the documentation process in the ports. Ironically, the direct transshipment of goods using ECTS has become more costlier.

  

 

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