sultaan:



Well in Nigeria, there is a format that allows you to clear your goods yourself, but since the custom officers get kickback by acting inept, the agents come in to "help" navigate through the "highly" sophisticated process of clearing a CAR.

It seems the more complicated this process it the more money made on the side.

Remember there is no law that establishes agents, not part of the government, there access to the port should be the same as everyone else, but in Nigeria you have to go through them for anything dealing with the customs.It is a relationship that only benefits both parties.

Any car smuggled to Nigeria has had duty paid in another country because Nigeria is dysfunctional.

Seems you've issues with agents and nothing stops you from raising almost N5m+ to register an agency with Nigerian customs if you so much desire to know about agents. Let me take pains to lecture you about NAGAFF AND ANCLA, the two registered associations that regulate the operations of agents nationwide. I'm a registered member of ANCLA, an associate member and I ply my trade at apapa,seme and idiroko. So you can see that agents are not acting on the own voilition,we operate within the government rules...

ANCLA was established in 1954,RC 6754 and it's recognized by agent bodies all around the world..

IT'S RECOGNISED BY THE CRFFN (COUNCIL FOR THE REGULATION OF FREIGHT FORWARDING IN NIGERIA) AND IFCBA (INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF CUSTOMS BROKERS ASSOCIATION),INFACT IFCBA'S LAST CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN SHANGAI, CHINA AFOUND 17 MAY, 2016.

ABOUT ANLCA NATIONAL BODY



The Association of Nigeria Customs Licensed Agents is the oldest and biggest body of clearing and forwarding practitioners in Nigeria. The primary role of the national executive body is to promote growth, unity and stability of the association. The national body also advocates and promotes member growth through the various chapters that make up the national body.

They provide responsive leadership and guide the chapter executives through creating strategic policy guidelines. With overall guidance coming from the Board of Trustees, the national executives , operating through the various zonal and chapter executives promotes the activities of freight forwarders in Nigeria.



CURRENT NATIONAL EXECUTIVE

The current national executives duly elected on 19/04/2010 under the leadership of Prince Olayiwola Shittu JP . He was elected along with other twelve (12) National and zonal executives for a four year tenure. His vision is to transform ANLCA into a highly respected trade association where members will enjoy the economic benefits of association. As a TEAM player, he says: Together Everyone Achieves More.

ABOUT ANLCA APAPA PORT CHAPTER

The Association is a non-profit organization governed by a constitution which provides for a board of trustees with a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and five (5) other members. The trustees are highly experienced, seasoned entrepreneurs and managers from member customs brokers/freight forwarding companies, who are nominated and voted for by these members.

Established in 1954, we are the first and the oldest licensed customs clearing agency in the country operating from the first and the oldest port in Nigeria.

PURPOSE:

We are the recognized voice for all the agents operating in and around Port complex where we represent over thousands of clearing agents and freight forwarders. It is imperative that a group with such large members should have a common voice to agitate for its growth.

ANLCA liaises closely with many government agents and extra-ministerial departments, port terminal operators, inspection agents appointed by government, shipping agencies and shipping lines that are associated with our kind of jobs. Such include the Nigeria customs, NAFDAC, Produce department for export control of perishable products, cargo handling and security agencies.

The Association serves to recommend practical and effective responses to the many challenges facing its members, the government main agent at the ports – customs, other members of the customs clearing industry and clients. This would be nearly impossible to achieve by individual companies.

The Association helps members’ secure consistent and effective representation on forums which influence their businesses, such as the legislation of laws that positively affects them.
Freight forwarding has an international character and as such we work closely with other freight forwarding associations in several countries around the world .

OBJECTIVES:

Objectives are:

To unite the freight forwarding industry worldwide.
To represent, promote and protect the interests of the industry by participating as advisors or experts in meetings of international bodies dealing with transportation.
To familiarise trade and industry and the public at large with the services rendered by freight forwarders through the dissemination of information, distribution of publications, etc.
To improve the quality of services rendered by freight forwarders by developing and promoting uniform forwarding documents, standard trading conditions, etc.
To assist with vocational training for freight forwarders, liability insurance problems, tools for electronic commerce including electronic data interchange (EDI) and barcode and the new biometric registration exercise going on.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF ANLCA:

The Association aims to achieve the following set objectives:

Service Standards –To establish performance benchmarks and to create service delivery standards that must be adhered to by its members.

Dispute Resolution - Development of a structured dispute resolution mechanism i.e. system of classification of offences, based on severity, frequency and corresponding sanctions.

Interest Actions - Take such action as may be reasonable and achievable to advance the interests of members.

Membership Value Delivered - Ensure that members of the Association receive value through membership.

Industry Skill Development - Raise the level of industry skills development through regular training and mandatory training programs designed by the association for its members.

Networking - Improve the level of networking at senior levels with Government, its agencies operating at the ports, port service providers, and other organisations which interface with the freight forwarding and customs clearing industry

Negative Issues - Deal with issues which are adversely affecting Government's policy such as fraud, improper documentation, clearing delays etc .

Relationship Building - Encourage more members to participate in the affairs of the Association and increase its membership so as to remain relevant in the National body.



MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA



Pursuance to section 4(1) of ANLCA constitution;

Membership shall be limited to corporate bodies incorporated under the companies and Allied Matter Act 1990.
Not withstanding subsection 4(1)
A member will be admitted by making application in writing to the national headquarters or any National Committee set up for that purpose through the chapter executive council of his/her operational concerned and paid such fee(s) as may from time to time be approved by the NEC.

No member shall be admitted if it does not carry on business in the shipping and/or freight forwarding business in Nigeria.
If it is not licensed by Nigerian Customs Service as a custom broker with a current and valid operational license.
If its representative(s) agent(s) or servants have been convicted of any criminal involving dishonesty or fraud.
Incorporated and registered as a member with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
Managing Director/CEO has 3 years experience in international freight forwarding and as a Nigerian Customs Licensed Agents.
Company comprising of Nigerian citizens.
Can contribute to the development of the Organization.
Other rights and duties are general & procedural (to maintain unity, support of association)
Minimum number of staff five (5) employees and a proper office.
Minimum educational qualifications: completion of formal education.
Minimum two (2) persons must have completed the basic course for forwarding from any designated institute.
Association shall maintain a membership register which is updated yearly and the condition for retaining member status is by paying fees as at when due.
ANLCA Membership Categories

Full member: A company must carry on business in Nigeria within Nigerian Custom Secure Ports and its core business must be international freight forwarding and/or customs clearing.

Associate member: Must be engaged in activities that are closely allied or related to freight forwarding.

Honorary member: Honorary membership may be conferred on individuals in recognition of their services to the association.

Associate and Honorary Members do not have voting rights within the Association. Organizations and companies qualifying for membership of ANLCA Apapa must pay all applicable dues, fees and subscription and must become a member of the ANLCA National and pay the applicable annual subscription.
ANLCA Membership fees

Full members: =N= N/A
Associate/Fellows members: =N= N/A PLEASE CONTACT US
Honorary Members: =N= N/A

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

From The Office of the Chairman,
Every member of our association enjoys lots of benefits through membership. These benefits or dividends exceed the dues that such member pays. Find below what I have enjoyed over the years through my membership of the association.
I learn about new business leads;
I am always on top of the Nigerian Customs Services and other agency regulations that will impact my operations and those of my operations and those of my customers.
I am always informed well ahead of any impending “new” government policies for port and clearing operations and those of my customers.
The association provides invaluable professional development resources to me and others members.
ANLCA helps me grow and improve my business. Let me share with you some of the other unique benefits of membership:

ANLCA Head Quarters provides hands-on advocacy and advisory support services to all members. We deploy grassroots advocacy to keep all members updated on current regulatory and legislative issues that concern them.
Networking and Information Exchange: This is only possible and happens ONLY if you are a part of the association.
ANLCA National Secretariat provides you with the latest developments in the Association and the industry.
Our online web membership directory (find-an-agent link) includes your company’s listing , principal contact details and is distributed throughout the freight forwarding, goods clearance and import/export community globally.
ANLCA Conferences, Government affairs Conference and educational workshop /seminars are all designed to provide up-to-date professional development experiences.
Dispute Resolution: We intervene and help members resolve trade disputes as we have developed industry wide relationships with every government agency, shipping lines and port operators etc as issues get resolved faster through our dispute and crisis resolution department headed by the National President.
World wide partnership and recognition as a member of International Federation of Customs Brokers Association (IFCBA)
Discounted web advertising: Your company details and contacts is listed in our member directory listing for global reach.
And much more!
For more than 50 years ANLCA has been the voice of our industry. I urge you to be a part of the organization that has been responsible for bringing us to where we are.
Join us and enjoy the benefits that we offer. It is an investment that cannot fail.
I look forward to welcoming your company as a member of ANLCA in any of our chapter nationwide.

sultaan:



Well in Nigeria, there is a format that allows you to clear your goods yourself, but since the custom officers get kickback by acting inept, the agents come in to "help" navigate through the "highly" sophisticated process of clearing a CAR.

It seems the more complicated this process it the more money made on the side.

Remember there is no law that establishes agents, not part of the government, there access to the port should be the same as everyone else, but in Nigeria you have to go through them for anything dealing with the customs.It is a relationship that only benefits both parties.

Any car smuggled to Nigeria has had duty paid in another country because Nigeria is dysfunctional.

UNLIKE WHAT YOU MAY DECIDE TO BELIEVE,REGISTERED AGENTS ARE RECOGNISED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF NIGERIA AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL BODIES.ASKING WHY AGENTS ARE OPERATING AT LAND BORDERS OR PORTS IS LIKE YOU ASKING WHY FRSC USES SAFETY MARSHALS OR EFCC USES POLICEMEN AS ESCORTS. WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER,THAT WHARF RATS TAKE OVER OUR PORTS OR WHAT.....LIKE I'VE STATED EARLIER,IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO LEARN HOW TO OPERATE AN AGENCY OR BECOME AN AGENT..

saintjoel:


UNLIKE WHAT YOU MAY DECIDE TO BELIEVE,REGISTERED AGENTS ARE RECOGNISED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF NIGERIA AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL BODIES.ASKING WHY AGENTS ARE OPERATING AT LAND BORDERS OR PORTS IS LIKE YOU ASKING WHY FRSC USES SAFETY MARSHALS OR EFCC USES POLICEMEN AS ESCORTS. WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER,THAT WHARF RATS TAKE OVER OUR PORTS OR WHAT.....LIKE I'VE STATED EARLIER,IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO LEARN HOW TO OPERATE AN AGENCY OR BECOME AN AGENT..

Can you please state the line within the constitution which establishes clearing agents as part of its operation.

NURTW is a body with agents too.

It the role of this body has changed from facilitating to that of inhibition then it has to be pointed out by those who see things clearly from the outside.

A page was posted earlier with some numbers as duty rate but is this from the ministry of finance or as approved by the parliament or someone came up with this in the custom office.
What's is the page on their site that states the duty?
Why can't anyone use that web rate to make payment and pick up their goods.

What is the flat rate an agent charges to clear goods? 5-10%?

Agents was created by a group of people as a tool that liaise with customs to expedite clearing of goods based on the process it has to go through to clear customs imagine a shipment which has to go through NAFDAC, and SON here is where the agent makes things easy passing through agencies.

Someone just said 90% of people clear their thing in Zimbabwe if 70% can't do it in Nigeria shouldn't that be considered a problem.

I said a prayer once and I'll repeat saintjoel will by clearing shiploads and cargoes instead of cars. All these arguments be cause we are behind Zimbabwe

sultaan:


Can you please state the line within the constitution which establishes clearing agents as part of its operation.

NURTW is a body with agents too.

It the role of this body has changed from facilitating to that of inhibition then it has to be pointed out by those who see things clearly from the outside.

A page was posted earlier with some numbers as duty rate but is this from the ministry of finance or as approved by the parliament or someone came up with this in the custom office.
What's is the page on their site that states the duty?
Why can't anyone use that web rate to make payment and pick up their goods.

What is the flat rate an agent charges to clear goods? 5-10%?

Agents was created by a group of people as a tool that liaise with customs to expedite clearing of goods based on the process it has to go through to clear customs imagine a shipment which has to go through NAFDAC, and SON here is where the agent makes things easy passing through agencies.

Someone just said 90% of people clear their thing in Zimbabwe if 70% can't do it in Nigeria shouldn't that be considered a problem.

I said a prayer once and I'll repeat saintjoel will by clearing shiploads and cargoes instead of cars. All these arguments be cause we are behind Zimbabwe

That's why you need to be trained as an agent and if you care to know, the tariff is fixed when ministry of finance staff, custom officials and agents. KEMI ADEOSUN, the minister of finance was at the seme border last month to liase with agents and custom officials.The ministry of finance comes up with an assumed value for your frieght or vehicle and transfers to the valuation units of NCS where agents and agencies have to go in order to obtain bank charges, which means if you're not a trained agent,you can't obtain those values. If you feel that you want to know more, gather money and register an agency, go for the training and start operations...

Seriously, I don't know your fixation with agents and what they do for a living, these are people that have been in existence since 1954 and have been running operations around ports and land borders. Part of what importers have gained from the agent body is the four year reduction policy, if you as an importer is told to pay for the actual year,do you think you'll be able to afford a luxury car, ship and pay duties,the problems we're having is just that some importers and agents are abusing this policy . If ANCLA is cancelled today as a body and importers are allowed to clear frieght themselves, so you SULTAAN believe that Nigerians won't cut corners or do you think Zimbabweans are saints when it comes to corruption even if they're still learners besides Nigerians. Instead of facing the larger society, you're trying to isolate agents as if we're wicked souls. Zimbabwe is a member of IFCBA cos they've SFAAZ (THE SHIPPING AND FORWARDING AGENTS ASSOCIATION OF ZIMBABWE) with Mr Nyaruwanga as its president with major frieght forwarders like BEACON, ARI-FRIEGHT, AVIOCEAN, LOKOMOTIVE LOGISTICS, SMART, MAPLE FRIEGHT ETC as major stakeholders.Even in republic of Benin, many nairalanders that have worked with me will know my representative at the Cotonou end, he's shown in the fourth pic representing us in the freight forwarders conference in Cotonou.

Can you leave your work to shuffle papers for your import, shuffle through Nafdac,son,sss,bomb squad, quarantine, port health, customs. Can you stay days without going to work so that you can monitor your container at the port or trucks at land borders and also shuffle papers at the same time, can you stand the stress of late nights keeping watch over your vehicles and frieght even in transit,do you know how many we get beaten by soldiers,customs and even touts on the road while you, the importer is sleeping in your bed and you'll still raise hell when you wake up to discover some items are missing. I'm still on the road as I'm typing this just because I'm trying to monitor some trucks till they get to our warehouse at okokomaiko and when someone does all of these, you expect the person not to be paid abi?

I don't have anything against you bro but as long as frieght moves across our ports and land borders, agents will always be at work, the onus lies on you to look for a reliable one.

So do we have a problem with the system in Nigeria? Yes

Government dictates money to be collected, agents make payment on behalf of clients, clients register cars with government, now government is harassing clients all over the country claiming they didn't pay enough or nothing but yet the Government had registered the vehicle. So the problem here is the system created by the government and both agents and customs exploit it why not have duty checked at registration I can buy a car and not pay tax but will have to pay tax to register and get a plate.

The idea that government made importation illegal is what makes this corruption flourish. We are backward because we penalize everything that make society flourish.

Sometimes you have to see how successful systems operate before you understand why the one you are used to seem stagnant.

Remember all these started not because agents are not doing their job but people being harassed for things that has been cleared through all the checks and the final check is registration

sultaan:
So do we have a problem with the system in Nigeria? Yes

Government dictates money to be collected, agents make payment on behalf of clients, clients register cars with government, now government is harassing clients all over the country claiming they didn't pay enough or nothing but yet the Government had registered the vehicle. So the problem here is the system created by the government and both agents and customs exploit it why not have duty checked at registration I can buy a car and not pay tax but will have to pay tax to register and get a plate.

The idea that government made importation illegal is what makes this corruption flourish. We are backward because we penalize everything that make society flourish.

Sometimes you have to see how successful systems operate before you understand why the one you are used to seem stagnant.

Remember all these started not because agents are not doing their job but people being harassed for things that has been cleared through all the checks and the final check is registration

That's what you should have stated right from the onset, the system is warped and the corruption started from the larger NIGERIAN society. If people didn't exploit the opportunities they were given,NCS won't mount patrols on the highways and agents won't SHORTPAY . Customs are just using them to raise revenue for the government cos it pays them if you SHORTPAY cos if you're cut, you'll still pay extra with fine into the governemnt coffers,so who loses?

In a Nigerian society where people don't even want to pay electricity bills, you now want to stop them from shortpaying customs duty...

saintjoel:



Haa,that agent na correct thief and you should've sort a second opinion before payment. Also paying the fine would've been cheaper if you had gone back to a land border, bank charges alone for a 2012 x3 should've been between 1,000,000 - 1,200,000. I don't have a copy of the new tariff at hand but a copy of the old tariff is shown below, 2012 minus four or five years will be 2007/2008,what he should've done was to pay around N1m+..

I guess his fear was borne out of the fear every agent has, if I tell that they will need to pay XYZ amount,won't they give the job to another agent that has charged lower. Many dealers/end users,friends or relatives will cut corners and handover peanuts for the agents to work with and the poor agent with mouths to feed at home will run the papers with what he has been given. Most jobs that I've lost since January have been because of bank charges,you tell customers to pay N450,000 as bank charges and before you know it, another agent has got the job less than what you charge but the gullible importer has forgotten that NCS boys are now on the prowl and are doing what we call "eye service" for PMB and ALLI, they seriously need scape goats..

A client once brought a job and I charged him N1.3m for a 2013 Venza,he went back to anambra to collect the money,came back to tell me that the owner gave him N850,000 and was even saying that if I refused to do the job, that he was ready to fly the venza across the border and give another agent N450,000 to shortpay,making me also believe that it was the owners decision too. His lies were exposed when the venza was later seized by customs and the owner later told us that the idiot collected N1.3m from him, the venza is still with customs till date....

Thank God that you were able to cross the obstacle and God bless you for sharing this story. When next you decide to use your former agent or another, always make sure he is sure of whatever he wants to pay as bank charges...

Please how much is it to clear 09 Honda Accord discussion continue?

saintjoel:



Haa,that agent na correct thief and you should've sort a second opinion before payment. Also paying the fine would've been cheaper if you had gone back to a land border, bank charges alone for a 2012 x3 should've been between 1,000,000 - 1,200,000. I don't have a copy of the new tariff at hand but a copy of the old tariff is shown below, 2012 minus four or five years will be 2007/2008,what he should've done was to pay around N1m+..

I guess his fear was borne out of the fear every agent has, if I tell that they will need to pay XYZ amount,won't they give the job to another agent that has charged lower. Many dealers/end users,friends or relatives will cut corners and handover peanuts for the agents to work with and the poor agent with mouths to feed at home will run the papers with what he has been given. Most jobs that I've lost since January have been because of bank charges,you tell customers to pay N450,000 as bank charges and before you know it, another agent has got the job less than what you charge but the gullible importer has forgotten that NCS boys are now on the prowl and are doing what we call "eye service" for PMB and ALLI, they seriously need scape goats..

A client once brought a job and I charged him N1.3m for a 2013 Venza,he went back to anambra to collect the money,came back to tell me that the owner gave him N850,000 and was even saying that if I refused to do the job, that he was ready to fly the venza across the border and give another agent N450,000 to shortpay,making me also believe that it was the owners decision too. His lies were exposed when the venza was later seized by customs and the owner later told us that the idiot collected N1.3m from him, the venza is still with customs till date....

Thank God that you were able to cross the obstacle and God bless you for sharing this story. When next you decide to use your former agent or another, always make sure he is sure of whatever he wants to pay as bank charges...

Please how and where can I get the cost for these cars like you showed in the picture. If its a document on the customs site please let me know by maybe posting a link to it or you can share the copy you have with you if you don't mind. At least for me to have a rough idea of what am expected to pay when I buy my car to avoid stories that touch. My email is ogbuagu_chinedu@yahoo.com. Thank you

Billiondoe:


Please how much is it to clear 09 Honda Accord discussion continue?

Which point of entry sir?

saintjoel:


Which point of entry sir?

Canada to Nigeria. Sea

i understand that this post is like 3years old but your information has been helpful. however, i need to know the current duty cost for corolla 2009 and how do i confirm that the custom duty papers are original. I recently got a Toyota Corolla 2009 from seme. and The agent that brought the car to me handled all the paper stuff. Now i need to travel to Benin and i do not want to face any custom wahala. so my Question is
1) How do i confirm that my custom duty clearance is Orginal?
2) How do i confirm that my agent didn't underpay the duty charges?

k12cambel:
i understand that this post is like 3years old but your information has been helpful. however, i need to know the current duty cost for corolla 2009 and how do i confirm that the custom duty papers are original. I recently got a Toyota Corolla 2009 from seme. and The agent that brought the car to me handled all the paper stuff. Now i need to travel to Benin and i do not want to face any custom wahala. so my Question is
1) How do i confirm that my custom duty clearance is Orginal?
2) How do i confirm that my agent didn't underpay the duty charges?

land borders had been closed to vehicle passage since 2016 or there about, I am certain your vehicle was smuggled to Nigeria even if it has custom documents it would be fake.

your agent didn't pay shi shi he only bribed his way to Nigeria, leave the car in lagos or wherever it is to avoid custom wahala.

Please how can one rectify with Customs, the issue of a 2007-made vehicle 1st bought as toks in 2011 (8 years ago) and no custom papers as I write? I just bought the car from previous owner this year.

Kindly advise.

nurey:


land borders had been closed to vehicle passage since 2016 or there about, I am certain your vehicle was smuggled to Nigeria even if it has custom documents it would be fake.

your agent didn't pay shi shi he only bribed his way to Nigeria, leave the car in lagos or wherever it is to avoid custom wahala.

alowolowolayemo:
Please how can one rectify with Customs, the issue of a 2007-made vehicle 1st bought as toks in 2011 (8 years ago) and no custom papers as I write? I just bought the car from previous owner this year.

Kindly advise.

There is a moniker saintjoel in the thread, look at his signature his number is there talk to him about your predicament

Hello good morning naira landers.....A colleague of mine got a 2002 Lexus es 300 from someone.......he got the custom papers verified....chasis no, port of entry, amount paid was found to be correct but the only issue is dat on d custom paper, the car is Lexus es 300 and on their system, it's Lexus es 330....I hope this won't be an issue with custom officials on d road and what can be done to correct this issue....thanks

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GAZZUZZ:


[b]7years from first registration(ensure you carry all relevant proof to show car is 7years.)

If your vehicle has no custom duty, do not leave the current state you are in for 7years or go and pay custom duty/b]

Is this advice still valid? I mean the 7 years old car registration How about a car bought in 2020, does that mean it has to be 11 years post registration for customs not to disturb for duty charges? Plz explain

Please is it possible to retrieve your C-number or do a reprint of your duty papers ?
If this is possible, please how does one go about it?