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TIDD
introduces new export permit invoice
Takoradi, April 28, Ghanadot/GNA - The Timber Industry
Development Division (TIDD) is to introduce a new standard
permit invoice for the export of timber and wood products
come June 1, this year.
Mr Henry Coleman, Contract and Permit Manager of TIDD,
announced this at a day’s workshop on the new permit invoice
for export managers, forwarding agents and officials of
banks, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and shipping
companies at Takoradi at the weekend.
He said the new permit invoice has security features to
check forgery and other malpractices in the transaction
process.
Mr Coleman said the existing practice in respect of Timber
Export Permit allowed timber exporters to develop and
complete export permit invoices for vetting and approval by
TIDD.
He said it was becoming increasingly clear that, that
practice was being subjected to all kinds of abuses by
unscrupulous exporters, thereby making the system insecure.
Mr Coleman said the TIDD and the Forestry Commission have,
therefore, put in place measures to ensure that timber
products’ manufacturers and exporters became accountable for
the forest resource.
“This has culminated in the provision of Yield and
Input/Output data as additional requirements for the
processing of Contract of Sale and Export Permit
respectively”, he said.
Mr Coleman said, “These requirements from the stand point of
TIDD are envisaged to bring about some credibility and
assurance that timber and wood products are obtained from
legal sources”.
He said the European Union (EU) would sign an agreement with
Ghana to prevent illegal timber products from entering the
EU market.
Mr Coleman said this meant that, the EU would not buy
illegal timber from Ghana and would also not allow EU
companies to invest in Ghanaian companies that encourage
illegal logging.
He said Timber Export Permit is a very vital document in the
export documentation process, that helped to check illegal
logging of timber and added that it was important to ensure
that all relevant requirements were complied with before the
issuance of permit.
GNA
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