“The demands can be 10 50 % of the shipment value,” TRADER says that going against customs is a loss of a battle loss

Paying 30,000 rupees for a free sample may not be logical, but this is what happened when a company wanted to get a free sample of $ 80 from the customs department. Business owners, young and old, move to social media to share how they are not fairly pushing them to issue their shipments. This comes after the importer of Tamil Nadu spoke of bribery claims by Chennai Customs, which prompted the Ministry of Finance to request an investigation into the matter.

A researcher at the Takshila Institute, Youssef Unjhawala, who is also trading in the fasteners, said painful import work is somewhat painful. He said that Quality Control orders (QCOS) and the Indian Standards Office (BIS) made life quieter for the customs department.

“From the special experience and hearing from other importers, demands can be 10-50 % of the value of the shipment. Or it threatens to put charges for scrutiny. This is the time to take time, and it is clear from tasks and loss of business. So we have no choice but stability,” and it agreed that it is also difficult to win against the state, especially if one of them is a small work.

“Only last week, I met the purchase official in a customer. The subject of customs appeared when we discussed the price increase. He said.

X user noted that this is not corruption but blackmail, while another said that such incidents often occur to small companies that are not fully aware of the system. Another user said: “The bribery has been legalized through the complex rules that are difficult for people to understand. So the regime says to pay a bribe and sort it, and if they refuse, they find gaps and target your work. In both cases, you are governed.”

Entrepreneurs and business owners have moved to social media to vent from their frustration after an importer from Tamil Nadu and Winaks announced that they were closing import and export operations in India. From October 1, 2025, our company will stop import/export activities in India. Over the past 45 days, customs officials in Chennai have unabated our harassment. After exposing their bribery practices twice this year, they effectively criticized our operations and destroyed our business in India. ”

This was followed by the uproar that followed the Chennai Customs, in a statement, called baseless allegations, and added that Prinwin Ghanishhan, the founder of the company, “has a firm pattern of providing allegations that are indifferent to corruption and bribery on this platform, only to delete such jobs as soon as they are provided for recovery in these jobs.