Mr. Samir J. Shah – Advisor FFFAI; present Hon General Secretary ACAAI and Partner of the 67 years old JBS group has been elected as the Vice – Chairman of the Customs Affairs Institute – FIATA -International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations.
FIATA – is an international body of Freight Forwarders founded in 1926 with a membership from more than 150 countries headquartered in Geneva. Switzerland.
The Customs Affairs Institute works towards leveraging a partnership between global Customs authorities and Forwarders in protecting trade and industry from Customs related fraud and security threats to improve productivity and revenue. It observes, examines and influences all Customs security policies and works with WCO; WTO; UNECE; UNCTAD; ICC; IRU and other relevant bodies to promote and encourage closer coordination with Customs authorities.
Mr. Samir J. Shah is a veteran of the industry having passed his Customs exam in 1984. He has extensive work experience not only in Customs but also Sea Cargo and Air Cargo Forwarding. He is known for his passion in spreading knowledge in all these verticals which he takes as his mission. He is a recipient of the World Customs Organisation’s Certificate of Merit for rendering exceptional service to the international Customs community. He has received numerous other awards and certificates for the work done till date.
Besides EXIM Logistics he also works extensively on various associations like Gujarat Chamber of Commerce; TiE; FICCI; CII; Indo American Chamber of Commerce; US-India Importers council etc.
