The Philippines’ trade and industry department has blacklisted 43 freight forwarders over complaints from shippers and consignees that they failed to deliver balikbayan boxes expected during the holidays. Aside from them, another 54 foreign freight forwarders and consolidators from Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and the United States are the subject of the same complaints and are being investigated. A trade undersecretary said cases such as these arise when foreign consolidators or principal sea freight forwarders fail to remit all or a portion of their collected charges to their accredited Philippine agents or local sea freight forwarders.
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