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For years, shipping lines have pressed shippers and clearing agents hard with stiff charges in form of deposits paid for containers that they have to keep for a limited number of days.
The deposits have been described as one of the biggest non-tariff barriers to regional trade. For example, a clearing agent must pay $4,000 (Sh516 000) for a single container; when one has 20 containers, this translates to over $ 100,000 (Sh13 million).
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