International liner company again arbitrary charges TAITRA mobilized shippers rights

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Date:2012.07.03 Source:Horizon Industry Group (HK) Co., Ltd. Hits:

Recently, the relevant person in charge of China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Enterprise Association, said the reporter, has provinces and cities of the Association of Shippers' Association, Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, Foreign Trade Enterprises Association issued a "notice of up HNA Exchange reflects the arbitrary charges of shipping companies . " Hope around the Association actively cooperate with the investigation, mobilization shippers provide the relevant evidence, report to the authorities by international shipping companies to arbitrary charges. In recent years, the international liner companies, by virtue of its monopoly position, all sorts of pretexts to receive the growing phenomenon of all kinds of unreasonable fees. This is not only against the interests of China's foreign trade enterprises, adding to the cost pressures of the foreign trade enterprises, and also disrupted the normal order of international trade and international shipping.

In order to curb arbitrary charges of international liner organizations and corporate behavior, the China Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Enterprise Association has a number of joint Chinese shippers to fight back, and again on March 27, 2012, the monopoly of the international liner companies in China reported to the National Development and Reform Commission and illegal arbitrary charges the case of abuse of dominant position. I hope the relevant government departments on international liner pricing mechanism and surcharges to be standardized to prevent liner companies arbitrary charges to spread to China's foreign trade cargo owners to create a fair and equitable business environment.

According to a report, the National Development and Reform Commission recommended that the respective maritime container freight rates reported by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange (Ministry of Transport to prepare the implementation of sector) "international shipping surcharge research group went to Guangdong to research the shipping surcharge, listen to shippers comments and suggestions.

It is understood that international shipping companies in China's monopoly and abuse of dominant position illegal arbitrary charges in recent years intensified, the form of more diverse. Concentrated expression of the international liner organize collective enter into operating agreements and pricing agreements or secretly reached a collective tacit, unified price, abuse of dominant position unlawful arbitrary charges.

In recent years, every time price increases of the liner organizational THC (THC) in about 30%. At present each class

The ferry company to our consignors repeated levy included in the freight THC, charged the surcharge list is getting longer and longer, all sorts of excuses arbitrary charges of more than 20 kinds. Statistics show that China's foreign trade cargo owners each year to international shipping companies to pay a surcharge of nearly 60 billion yuan of THC and other unreasonable, a heavy burden on China's foreign trade cargo owner enterprises.

In addition, since the financial crisis, the liner companies Baotuan compression capacity, man-made false capacity tension opportunity to substantially increase container freight.

Although our large volume, but whether it is export or import pricing and transportation of the right to speak. At present, China's exports more than 85% of FOB terms by the buyer to arrange transport. Imported commodities is FOB terms, the main transport the right is basically a "two out". Big country as an international trading power and volume of cargo owners did not bargain with the liner organization the right to speak. Shipping and trade is the simultaneous development of the abolition of the privileges of the Liner Conferences imperative.

To this end, China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Enterprise Association: First, it is recommended that the international maritime regulations be modified according to the Chinese anti-monopoly law, the abolition of the liner routes Organization entered into a collective agreement privilege. 2, it is recommended that the relevant departments to standardize the price behavior of the liner companies and surcharges project clear what costs can be charged as a surcharge, what costs should be placed in the freight charge to prevent the liner companies, free to all sorts of excuses arbitrary charges. Third, to further increase market supervision, investigate and deal with the monopoly of arbitrary charges and illegal business heavily penalizing illegal operators. 4, it is recommended to promote domestic fortunes, to maintain the overall national interest, to ensure national economic security, and reduce the imbalance of international shipping income and expenditure over the years.

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