00:00Treasurer of the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Service Industries, Kieran Singh, tells
00:05the Morning Edition the process for clearing items is extremely cumbersome.
00:11In fact, he says, the port system is lagging behind and is in serious need of modernization.
00:18We hear about the customs office having to deploy operations to Central and to South.
00:24We have to deal with the traffic congestion of leaving Port of Spain to go to San Fernando
00:29to return to Port of Spain to file documents, where is the digitization of the customs and
00:35exercise department?
00:37He warns that infrastructure is shockingly outdated, paper documents are still the norm, credit
00:44card payments are impossible and certified checks remain the only option, grinding the
00:49system to a crawl and piling on delays.
00:53Because it goes in a queue, in a line, in a loop.
00:57And that causes, that backlog gets heavier as we get to the Christmas season.
01:02Last year, for instance, was a nightmare.
01:05Goods sat on the port until carnival.
01:08People could not clear their goods.
01:09Goods became stale, outdated, the perishable goods become under threat.
01:14And we don't hear any answers as to how to solve these problems.
01:18Singh explains that business owners are facing mounting losses, forced to pay port staff over
01:24time just to move their goods.
01:27He notes that Forex is already hard to come by.
01:31And these extra costs are driving retail prices sky high, hitting consumers and the economy
01:37alike.
01:38He is calling on the government to step in, meet with all stakeholders and find a solution
02:05as quickly as possible.
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