Daniyan, PTML Controller Seeks Education of Customs Enforcement Officers on Accidented, CKD Vehicles
Comptroller Tenny Mankini Daniyan, Customs Area Controller of Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command in Lagos has called for proper education of customs enforcement officers on patrol about duty payment for accidented , complete knocked down (CKD) and semi knocked down (SKD) vehicles.
Daniyan who spoke at the recently held Comptroller General of Customs Conference in Abuja, said the many incidents of under payment accusations against owners of some vehicles where made out of poor knowledge about how duty payments for such automobiles are computed.
According to him, some of the officers upon seeing the fully repaired and fitted vehicles assume that they were imported into the country in such complete and usable state. He added that many of such SKD, CKD and accidented vehicles were not roadworthy at the time of importation.
He said, customs officers on the road stopping such vehicles on the grounds of under payment make it appear as if their colleagues at the ports that approved the release don’t know what they were doing, especially for vehicles cleared before the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) valuation regime
In Nigeria, the duty payment on an imported car depends on the age of the vehicle and whether it’s considered “accidented”:
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) uses a VIN valuation system to determine the import duty for each car. This system automatically scans the vehicle and assigns a standard
