Port and Dock workers in all the major ports in India will go on a one-day protest strike on May 28 which is proposed to continue indefinitely on or after May 30 to press for their demands.
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All the local trade unions in Visakhapatnam Port Trust affiliated to all the national federations have issued strike notices and are gearing up for the one-day strike on May 28 by conducting gate meetings at various sections of the port and also by conducting demonstrations.
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The workers are demanding a fair wage revision settlement to them and pensioners which is due for over a year. “Even though the present bipartite wage negotiating committee was constituted in November,2016 to revise the wage structure and pensionary benefits from January 1, 2017, there was no settlement although 16 months have passed, the union leaders point out!
That will be the primary cause to the strike!
This strike will badly affect 12 ports below, Please pay attention!
Kolkata Port
Paradip Port New Mangalore Port
Cochin Port
Jawaharlal Nehru Port
Mumbai Port
Kandla Port
Vishakhapatnam Port
Chennai Port
Tuticorin Port
Ennore Port
Mormugao Port
New Mangalore Port
In addition, it is very important to notice that there are laws in India that if there are non-payment and non-pick up the goods, it doesn't need to take legal responsibility.
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On other side, Indian Customs allows 30 days only for storage of good. If the importer does not apply for extension, whose goods will be auctioned or abandoned.
As a result, there is a risk that the buyer will refuse to accept the goods after a mass strike at the port.
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According to Indian trade expert Huang Hanzhou:
Indians' "non-payment" is technically legal. This is technically the case: When the goods arrive three days before the arrival, the Indian importer will make a warehouse receipt declaration, which will write the importer's import code, which is the norm and legitimate.
Generally once the IEC number (importer code) is written, the subsequent actions will be performed by the importer of the IEC number, including return shipment and auction. At this time, the right to goods has been returned to the importer.
Before the arrival of the goods, the IGM (Declaration of Cargo Manifest), once it is marked (IEC number), the cargo rights have been defaulted to be this importer and have nothing to do with the bill of lading. Take the internal regulations of the APL (United States President Shipping) as an example. Before a ship arrives in Hong Kong, it must submit an IEC number. This is the decree, and the right to goods in India is not available in Chinese factories.
The solution for the return from Indian ports is as follows: Normal channels, through negotiation with Indian customs, rather than by freight forwarders. After the goods arrive at their destination, it is permissible if they do not pick up the goods because the importer does not pay or need to return due to quality problems.
The exporter must go through the return procedure with the original not-for-sale certificate provided by the original importer, the relevant proof of delivery and the exporter's request for return of goods, and entrusting the shipping agent to pay the port storage fee, agency fee and other releated expenses.
If the importer is reluctant to give the exporter a document that does not require the goods, the exporter may rely on the importer's letter of refusal to pay or pick up the goods, or the importer's non-payment letter from the bank or shipping agent, the relevant receipt certificate and the seller’s request.
The letter of return of the goods will be entrusted to the vessel's agent to directly request the relevant port customs of India to return the shipment and go through the relevant formalities. If the goods are brought in by the importer from the customs and the goods need to be returned due to quality problems, the import duties that the importers have already delivered may also be refunded, but only 80%-90% of the customs duties paid can be refunded.
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Source | IICofficial, telanganatoday, 运去哪
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