Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement 2010
KARACHI: The text of agreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan called Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) 2010. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Government of the Islamic…
DP World introduces truck appointment system
KARACHI: DP World Karachi has decided to introduce Truck Appointment System for all its Afghan and bonded up-country customers taking delivery of import containers. DP World Karachi is proud to…
MCC Appraisement (West) assigns work to assistant/deputy collectors
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Appraisement (West) has ordered for re-distribution of work of their assistant collectors and deputy collectors with immediate effect until further orders. The following assistant and…
Budget proposals 2014-2015: PBC calls for improved monitoring on APTTA
KARACHI: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has stressed the need to improve monitoring of transit trade by ensuring the provision of submission of bank guarantee. It is suggested that Pakistan…
Transporters made responsible for transit goods pilferage
KARACHI: Transporters have been made responsible in case of pilferage of Afghan transit goods within Pakistan territory and in such condition they have to pay duty and taxes of the…
Clearance of US/NATO/ISAF reverse transit cargo via WeBOC from January 10th
KARACHI: The Directorate General of Transit Trade has notified that the processing and clearance of the US/ISAF/NATO reverse transit cargo will be carried out under the web based Customs computerized…
Bonded carriers directed to prove safe transportation of US/NATO/ISAF reverse cargo
KARACHI: The Directorate of Transit Trade, Peshawar has directed 18 logistics companies and bonded carriers to provide proof of safe transportation of US/NATO/ISAF reverse cargo to Karachi and its further…
Customs finalizes WeBOC transit management; Afghan traders registration made mandatory
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs has finalized WeBOC transit management for consignment clearance of allied forces in Afghanistan, commercial and non-commercial cargo under which registration of Afghan traders has been made mandatory.…
Bonded carrier ordered to pay Rs247 million in pilferage of NATO, ISAF POL products
KARACHI: Collectorate of Customs (Adjudication) has ordered a recovery of Rs247 million from a bonded carrier, who found involved in pilferage of POL products meant for ISAF and NATO supplies…
Black money involves in stock exchanges, real estate business
KARACHI: The black money mainly involved in stock exchanges, benami and under-valued transactions of real estate, kick backs, plundering of public money/resources and other illegal activities, Ramazan Bhatti commission report…
Customs presenting three years’ weapons import data to Supreme Court; auction to be conducted for unclaimed consignments
KARACHI: The customs authorities on Friday are presenting data of imported weapons of past three years before the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the ongoing proceeding of Karachi Law and…
MCC Appraisement West sets up team to finalize Afghan transit pending cases
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) of Appraisement West has announced team for liquidation of pending cases in Afghan transit trade, under which the cases of ISAF missing containers would be…
Customs agents successful strike ends without demand acceptance
KARACHI: Clearing agents have ended the successful strike – launched for an indefinite period – on the second day without approval of their demand as customs authorities threatened them of…
Customs agents go for indefinite strike from Sept 10, demand reopening of cases in ISAF missing containers scam
KARACHI: All Pakistan Customs Agents Association, Karachi Customs Agents Association, All Pakistan Bonded Carrier Association on Friday jointly announced a protest starting from September 10 for an indefinite period against…
Transit import of auto parts; President of Pakistan strikes down FTO recommendations
KARACHI: The President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan has accepted the representation of the Revenue Division and set aside findings and recommendations of the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) in the…
FBR agrees to hear clearing agents, bonded carriers in ISAF containers scam before issuing recovery notices
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to give opportunity to clearing agents and bonded carriers to explain their position in ISAF container scam before issuing final notices…
US/ISAF/NATO consignments to be processed under WeBOC, July 22 onwards
KARACHI: The Directorate of Transit Trade, Customs House, Karachi has notified that the processing and clearing of US/ISAF/NATO transit cargo would be carried out under the web based customs computerized…
Customs auctioning seized goods to recover evasion under the garb of Afghan Transit Trade
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement is auctioning polyester printed fabric worth Rs50 million owned by Azad Hafeez Limited to recover part of the duty/taxes to the tune of…
FBR asks transport operators to prepare carrier‚ manifest
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) through amendments in Customs Rules 2001, has made it mandatory for the transport operator that the operator after taking delivery of goods from…