Recently we represented before the Magistrates Court of Rehovot an Israeli importer who was refused to be provided with a delivery order in spite of having the original house bill of lading issued by a Chinese forwarder, who following a dispute with his Israeli agent, declined…
Recently we represented before the Magistrates Court of Rehovot an Israeli importer who was refused to be provided with a delivery order in spite of having the original house bill of lading issued by a Chinese forwarder, who following a dispute with his Israeli agent, declined to pass the master bill of lading to his agent. The Magistrates Court of Rehovot issued an order addressed to the sea carrier, ordering him to release the cargo against proper guarantee.
Accepting our client's claim the Customs' Indirect Tax Committee approved that the importer should not have known of shortpaid customs duty in light of lack of clarity as for the composition of the imported goods, resulting in a waiver of a 300,000 NIS customs duty debt.
Israeli Customs and the Ministry of Trade have reached an agreement with our client stating that no violation of the provisions of the Free Import Order 1979 had been made and ordering the return of the fines collected.
Following a complaint filed by our client, the Commissioner on Anti-dumping duty imposed few months ago a temporary duty at the rate of 118% on imports of grinding wheels from the PRC.