AV Vijaykumar, Vice Chairman, FFFAI (Paramount Shipping Services, based in Chennai), feels that though the scope of exclusive customs clearance may diminish, the opportunity for logistics will scale up.
The trade facilitation measure introduced over the previous years will bear fruits of ease in doing business in the days to come and hence there is a possibility that mere filing of declarations with customs without value added service will require a relook in the business model. Add to this, implementation of GST, which is system-centric, and the recipe will favour only those who are tech savvy.
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