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Additional Syrian fees on Lebanese transit
10-12-2018
In its issue of December 8, An Nahar newspaper reminded readers of the decision by Syrian transportation ministry on September 10 to raise the transit fees (c.f: https://goo.gl/wy8dBS), pointing to decreased number of Lebanese trucks entering neighboring Syrian to Arab Gulf states due to another enforced raise on fees, according to the head of the Bekaa Farmers’ Association Ibrahim Tarshishi. The latter pointed out that the Union of Customs Brokers in Syria has imposed yet an additional tariff (equivalent to USD 300) on Lebanese trucks. Tarshishi clarified that the September directive has included a fee on the freight tonnage by distance and dimensions on trucks in violation of Syrian ministry instructions to this end (USD 30 for each extra ton and USD 300 for over the limit dimensions). Such added taxes, Tarshishi explained, prompted many exporters to return to the maritime bridge program. Meanwhile, the situation on the Jordanian borders is not better, An Nahar wrote. While Lebanese trailers are forced to pay as high as USD 140 per ton, Jordanian trucks enter Lebanese territory exempt from fees, the newspaper said. On the same subject, vice president of Lebanese Industrialists Association, Ziad Bekdash, disclosed that the industrialists are still awaiting the outcome of negotiations by concerned Lebanese sides to adjust the fees, adding that exporters still use sea transport which remains less costly, yet longer in duration, than land transport. (Al Diyar, An Nahar, December 4, 8, 2018)
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