The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has warned businesses and the public to be wary of freight forwarding companies that have been collecting unauthorized extra fees.
Examples of unnecessary charges being levied by some forwarders and appearing on customers’ bills include: Emergency Import Surcharge (EIS), System Charge, Emergency Bunker Surcharge (EBS), E2M Fee, Agency Fee, Deconsolidation Fee, Origin Handling Charge, Container Imbalance Charge (CIC), Emergency Cost Recovery Surcharge (ECRS), Port Congestion Surcharge (PCS), and Destination Delivery Charges (DDC). None of these are listed as permissible charges in Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 1, Series of 2005 issued by then Philippine Shippers Bureau (PSB) under the DTI.
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