Canada slaps anti-dumping duty on Pakistan’s steel pipe
KARACHI: The Canadian government has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of Circular Welded Steel Pipe (CWSP) from Pakistan up to 58 percent. On July 20, 2018, the Canadian Border Services…
ASO Preventive recovers betel-nut, gutka
KARACHI: The anti-smuggling organization (ASO) of MCC Preventive has recovered large quantity of smuggled betel-nut and Indian gutka during a raid at a warehouse in Jodia Bazar, Karachi. Information was…
KCCI concerned over DPP’s unnecessary hindrances in commodities’ imports
KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Junaid Esmail Makda has expressed deep concern over the unnecessary hindrances being created by the Department of Plant Protection (DPP) in…
TPL assists Customs in recovering hijacked container trailer
KARACHI: Customs authorities with the assistance of TPL Tracker Company recovered a hijacked consignment of Afghan transit trade and arrested one person. The driver of the said container trailer deviated…
SHC dispose of bail plea directing filing of fresh bail applications
KARACHI: Justice Fahim Ahmed Siddiqui of High Court of Sindh (SHC) on Friday disposed of a bail plea filed by a cleaner of a bus booked by Pakistan Customs on…
SBP places curbs on imports under open accounts
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Friday restricted remittance payment on behalf of importers against imports made on open account basis. According to the SBP, now this facility will…
ASO Preventive Karachi recovers dumped betel nut
KARACHI: Anti smuggling Organization (ASO) of MCC Preventive Karachi has recovered 607 bags of betelnuts dumped at a place in Lyari area. Information was received through Collector Preventive Dr. Iftikhar…
Customs all set to implement electronic data exchange with China
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs is all set to implement electronic origin data exchange under China-Pakistan free trade agreement (FTA), which would enable real time recording of trade between the two countries…
Betel nut case adjourned till April 18 as lab test report delayed
KARACHI: An appellate bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) on Tuesday adjourned betel nut case till April 18 as laboratory test report ordered to be filed by April 10…
Novartis Pharma served contravention reports for tax evasion
KARACHI: MCC Preventive, Karachi has served two contravention reports on M/s Novartis Pharma Pakistan Ltd for claiming inadmissible exemptions on the import of medicine from Switzerland thus evading government’s legitimate…
Digicom’s petition hearing adjourned till today
KARACHI: A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Omar Sial on Wednesday adjourned hearing of a constitutional petition filed by Digicom Trading…
2nd Phase of China-Pakistan FTA begins
KARACHI: Ministry of Commerce has initiated sectoral public consultation campaign as the proposal for 2nd phase of China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) is being formulated, which government wants to be…
Customs Intelligence suspected to have embezzled confiscated goods
KARACHI: Once again, Customs Intelligence & Investigation has come under allegations of embezzling with the seized/confiscated smuggled goods. Headquarters Chiltan Rifles has expressed concerns over the quantity of diesel reported…
Customs Intelligence Quetta seizes charas worth Rs20 million
KARACHI: Acting upon credible information that huge quantity of foreign origin Charas is being smuggled through a Toyota Corolla Car, the staff of Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, Quetta signaled…
Customs South revenue collection surges 18 percent
KARACHI: The overall revenue collection by Pakistan Customs South in the fiscal year so far i.e. four months (July-October 2017-18) stood at Rs367 billion, up 18 percent as against Rs310…
RD in full to be imposed on all imports under Pak-China FTA
KARACHI: A number of tiles importers have stopped clearance of their consignments imported from China because of the confusion developed as WeBOC system refused to accept SRO 497(I)/2009 against the…
De-blocking of NTN: SHC fix Feb 14 to hear Data Steel case
KARACHI: A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) fixed Feb 14 as next of hearing in a petition filed by Data Steel Pipe Industries Limited seeking de-blocking of…
Customs initiates exercise to analyse abnormal shift in imort trends
KARACHI: In view of declining revenue collection viz-a-viz abnormaly declining trend in the imports of certain goods, Pakistan Customs has initiated an exercise to analyze the trend and identify the…
Pakistan Customs notifies exemptions from the condition of electronic I-Form
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs has issued certain exemptions and relaxations from the filing of electronic Import Form (EIF). A senior officer told Customnews.pk that Goods Declarations (GDs) of personal baggage, Transshipment…
Imports via electronic I-Form only to be processed: Pakistan Customs
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs has made it clear that only the consignments imported through the electronic I-Form would be released and any consignments arriving the ports with the electronic I-Form would…