Duped: Importers receive fake goods
(LCCI) has asked all its members to follow pre-shipment inspection rules while importing raw material
LAHORE:
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has asked all its members to follow pre-shipment inspection rules while importing raw material or any other goods from world markets as some suppliers are continuously befooling importers by shipping fake items, causing financial losses to them. In a statement on Thursday, LCCI said the chamber received a number of complaints from its members during last week, saying they had placed orders for the import of chemical with companies in a neighbouring country, but the shipment contained water in the drums supposed to be filled with ordered raw material. LCCI Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad said the chamber had approached foreign ambassadors working in Pakistan to get the complaints addressed and hoped that things would improve in coming days.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2011.
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has asked all its members to follow pre-shipment inspection rules while importing raw material or any other goods from world markets as some suppliers are continuously befooling importers by shipping fake items, causing financial losses to them. In a statement on Thursday, LCCI said the chamber received a number of complaints from its members during last week, saying they had placed orders for the import of chemical with companies in a neighbouring country, but the shipment contained water in the drums supposed to be filled with ordered raw material. LCCI Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad said the chamber had approached foreign ambassadors working in Pakistan to get the complaints addressed and hoped that things would improve in coming days.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2011.