KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified the procedure to streamline transportation of high speed diesel (HSD) produced locally as M/s Byco Refinery or cleared at single point mooring (SPM) after payment of import duty at M/s Byco premises at Gadani to Port Qasim at FOTCO jetty via sea route for onward supplied through white oil pipeline only.
According to the Customs General order (CGO-3 of 2017), M/s Byco will intimate to Gaddani Customs at least three days before the intended quantities of HSD to be shipped, and Customs will depute an appropriate officer to monitor and measure the HSD quantity transferred to vessel. M/s Byco will intimate to MCC Port Qasim of the schedule of arrival of vessels at Port Qasim in advance along with quantity of HSD being transported and MCC Port Qasim will designate an officer to monitor and measure the HSD quantity discharged from the vessel.
The shipping agent of empty vessel will file Inward General Manifest specifying all details of goods and crew loaded/boarded on the vessel, the designated Customs Officer at any time when the vessel is in customs station may board the vessel and remain on board for such time considered appropriate by him.
The designated appropriate Customs officer will have free access to every part of the vessel and deal with the goods.
M/s Byco or their Clearing agent will present to the Customs officer, a Goods Declaration (GD)/Bill of Coastal Goods and no vessel will take on board any Coastal Goods until the GD relating to such goods have been appraised and passed by the appropriate officer of Customs.
M/s Byco will submit to Custom House, Gaddani, Indemnity Bond and PDC covering the amount of Sales Tax and Petroleum Development Levy and other government duty/taxes, chargeable on the HSD to be loaded on the vessel to ensure that any loss to cargo during the voyage does not jeopardize government revenue.
In addition, M/s Byco Petroleum shall maintain detailed record of the POL products cleared from the refinery, and those received at Port Qasim Terminal, on daily basis and submit details and documents of such clearance from refinery along with Customs documents to the concerned Zonal Commissioner of IR for monitoring.
The loaded and discharge valves of the vessel will be sealed by customs staff at Gaddani so that quantities of HSD are not altered en-route in open sea. These valeves will be de-sealed by customs staff at Port Qasim. A 24-hour timeframe will be provided to the vessel for the voyage and the vessel must report to Port Qasim within that time period.
The shipping agent of vessel will file inward general manifest-II specifying all details of goods and crew on the vessel.
M/s Byco or their clearing agent will present to the appropriate officer of customs the assessed goods declaration/bills of coastal goods and seek permission to discharge HSD into the declared terminal.
The inward and outward manifest clearance will be responsibility of MCC Gwadar and MCC Port qasim.