https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=15428 A Public Notice permitted certain importers to pay terminal handling and related port charges directly to terminal operators as an optional payment facility; such administrative clarifications cannot create regulatory authority to override statutes or private contracts. Executive communications purporting to prevent shipping lines from collecting charges beyond port-prescribed terminal handling charges were treated as lacking statutory or contractual basis and as functionally interfering with freedom of contract and rights, because the Notice only offered an optional direct-payment mechanism and did not authorize alteration of existing contractual terms. en-us Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:53:21 +0530 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:53:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=15428 A Public Notice permitted certain importers to pay terminal handling and related port charges directly to terminal operators as an optional payment facility; such administrative clarifications cannot create regulatory authority to override statutes or private contracts. Executive communications purporting to prevent shipping lines from collecting charges beyond port-prescribed terminal handling charges were treated as lacking statutory or contractual basis and as functionally interfering with freedom of contract and rights, because the Notice only offered an optional direct-payment mechanism and did not authorize alteration of existing contractual terms. Articles Customs - Import - Export - SEZ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:53:21 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=15428