KARACHI: The MCC Hyderabad has lodged an FIR against M/s D.S Motors, M/s Memon Motor and M/s Raazy Motors for concealing and misappropriating weight of motorcycle parts. Their customs agents including M/s ARW Enterprises and M/s Shan Clearing & Forwarding Agents have also been booked.
According to the details of the case, Directorate General I&I –FBR received a credible information regarding mis-declaration in quantity and value of motorcycle kits/parts imported by various original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Analysis of previous clearances revealed that a number of OEMs including M/s D.S Motors, M/s Memon Motors and M/s Raazy Motors importing motorcycle kits and getting them cleared from Hyderabad dry port are involved in mis-declaration in quantity and value.
Additional Collector Omar Shafique carried out scrutiny of the previous clearance made by such OEMs. During scrutiny process, a consignment of motorcycle parts, supplied by M/s. Chongqing Zongshen E from China was identified, the consignment in respect of which had landed at KICT, the same was brought to Hyderabad Dry Port where the aforementioned GD was filed by the Clearing Agent, M/s. Shan Clearing & Forwarding Agents on behalf of M/s D.S Motors and duty taxes were paid thereupon declaring the consignment to comprise of motorcycle parts.
The containers whose weighment at KICT had shown their cumulative weight to be 62,629 Kgs metric tons, had reportedly reached Hyderabad with their seals intact.
Scrutiny has revealed that in B/L, Weighment Slips and the aforementioned GD, the net/gross weight of the goods was stated to be the same, the importer hoodwinked the system and fraudulently evaded the payment of requisite duty/taxes by mis-declaring the number of units/quantity while stating the weight properly knowing that the assessment was to be effected on the basis of the number of units/quantity and not on the basis of weight.
Accordingly, when the number of units of imported goods as declared in the GD are multiplied with their respective weight, the resultant weight arrived at through such calculation is significantly less than what had been declared by the importer in the GD, thereby incontrovertibly establishing that the importer grossly mis-declared the number of units and thus deliberately and fraudulently evaded payment of duty/taxes.
Weights of parts were obtained from identical goods cleared by M/s D.S. Motors in their consignments from MCC Appraisement (West) Karachi subsequent to the above referred seizures.
Offending assessable value of missing/misappropriated weight came to Rs.3.799 million, no variation being called for on account of importer, supplier, goods and finished product being the same. Thus there is an evasion of leviable duty/taxes totaling Rs.4.45 million along with surcharge to be calculated at the time of payment, which are recoverable from M/s D.S Motors.
Moreover, a consignment of motorcycle parts, supplied by M/s. Shongqing Yuan Co. Ltd from China was identified, the consignment in respect of which had landed at KICT, the same was brought to Hyderabad Dry Port where the aforementioned GD was filed by the Clearing Agent, M/s.A.R.W. Enterprises on behalf of M/s Memon Motors and duty taxes were paid thereupon declaring the consignment to comprise of motorcycle parts. The containers whose weighment at KICT had shown their cumulative weight to be 43,316 Kgs metric tons, had reportedly reached Hyderabad with their seals intact.
Scrutiny revealed that in B/L, Weighment Slips and the aforementioned GD, the net/gross weight of the goods was stated to be the same, the importer hoodwinked the system and fraudulently evaded the payment of requisite duty/taxes by mis-declaring the number of units/quantity while stating the weight properly knowing that the assessment was to be effected on the basis of the number of units/quantity and not on the basis of weight.
Offending assessable value of missing weight came to Rs3.925 million i.e. evasion of Rs4.19 million of duty and taxes along with surcharge recoverable from M/s Memon Motors,
Offending assessable value of missing weight came to Rs2.998 million i.e. evasion of Rs3.202 million of duty and taxes along with surcharge recoverable from M/s Raazy Motors.