{"id":6381,"date":"2010-03-18T20:14:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T02:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2010-03-18T20:14:35","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T02:14:35","slug":"local-businesses-cheating-customs-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/general\/local-businesses-cheating-customs-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Local businesses cheating Customs Department?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leonard Riviere, customs officer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A custom officer has demonstrated his displeasure with what he refers to as a “bad practice” by local importers of frozen meats, to save money wrongfully.<\/p>\n

Custom officer Grade 1, Leonard Riviere of the Post Study section explained to the media outside the Woodbridge Bay Port Thursday morning that businesses are importing frozen pork back ribs ends with the bony framework and list it under classification 02032900; however this particular classification is specifically for\u00a0 boneless pork products, which carries a zero percent customs import duty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen this happens the business owner saves a lot of money which is still not passed down to the consumers, while the government is at a loss from this,\u201d Riviere noted.<\/p>\n

Under the Declaration Module of the ASYCUDA World Program, implemented in April 2009, any importer caught in this wrongful practice will penalized.<\/p>\n

According to Riviere this practice has been ongoing since the 2009\/2010 national budget had been announced, comprising a long list of items added to the zero percent duties list.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the pork has bone it has to be classified under section 02032200, which is for hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, which has a custom import duty of thirty percent, while boneless pork which has an import duty of zero percent is classified under section 02032900,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Passers-by declared the pork imported by a local business and classified under section 02032900, as bony, when they ate it. Riviere emphasized it was listed under the wrong section by the importer to save money.<\/p>\n

– Larry Larocque, Staff reporter\/photographer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A custom officer has demonstrated his displeasure with what he refers to as a “bad practice” by local importers of frozen meats, to save money wrongfully. 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