ISLAMABAD: The ministry of commerce has amended the Import Policy Order 2020 and allowed the import of radiation apparatus with a condition of prior approval of Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority.
The ministry issued SRO 1125(I)/2020 dated November 18, 2020 to make the entries 1 to 7 in Annex-B-1, under the heading ‘Radiation Apparatus’ has been substituted in the Import Policy Order, 2020.
Following products under this heading has been included:
| Sr. No. | Product Description | PCT Code |
| 01. | Linear, particle and tandem accelerators; cyclotron and Van de Graaff generator | 8543.100 |
| 02. | Parts and accessories of linear, particle and tandem accelerators; cyclotron and Van de Graaff generator | 8543.9010 |
| 03. | Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECTP) machine, computed tomography simulator (CT-Simulator), positron emission computed tomography (PET-CT) machine | 9022.1200 |
| 04. | Orthopantomogram (OPG) machine and x-ray based apparatus used for dental diagnosis or treatment | 9022.1300 |
| 05. | Mammography machine, angiography machine, fluoroscopy machine. Cyber Knife ®, DEXA scan machine, c-arm machine, veterinary x-ray apparatus, blood irradiator(based on the use of x-rays) | 9022.1400 |
| 06. | Industrial radiography machine based on x-rays, x-ray diffraction (XRD) machine, x-ray florescence (XRF) machine, x-ray based agriculture and industrial irradiators, x-ray based industrial sterilization plant, cargo/container/vehicle scanner, baggage scanner, portable scanning machine, fixed personal scanning machine, x-ray gauges, explosive detection devices using x-rays, x-ray based machines used for research purpose etc. | 9022.1900 |
| 07. | Betatron (for medical application). Gamma-Knife®, sterotactic radiorsurgery machine, teletherapy machine, blood irradiator (based on the use of gamma rays), brachytherapy machine, proton beam therapy machine. | 9022.2900 |
| 08. | Betatron (other than medical application), industrial sterilization plant based on gamma rays, industrial and agriculture irradiators based on gamma rays, gamma and neutron based oil well logging equipment, nuclear gauges, gamma projectors for industrial radiography, radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), electron capture detector (ECD), explosive detection device using radioactive source etc. | 9022.2900 |
| 09. | X-ray tubes | 9022.3000 |
| 10. | Any other equipment or apparatus which emits ionizing radiation including parts and accessories | 9022.9000 |
| 11. | Empty containers used for transportation of radioactive material | 9022.9000 |
