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  • Advance ruling in Customs laws introduced

    Advance ruling in Customs laws introduced

    ISLAMABAD: The government has introduced mechanism of advance ruling to facilitate importers and investors to ensure transparency in clearance process.

    Section 212B has been inserted to the Customs Act, 1969 through Finance Bill, 2020 to introduce advance ruling.

    Section 212B: Advance Ruling.

    (1) An applicant desirous of advance ruling shall make an application in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed under the rules, stating any of the questions as contained in sub-section (2), on which the advance ruling is sought.

    (2) The question on which advance ruling is sought shall be in respect of-

    (i) classification of goods under First Schedule to this Act;

    (ii)determination of origin of the goods under the rules of origin notified for bilateral and multilateral agreements;

    (iii)applicability of notifications issued in respect of duties under this Act or any tax or duty chargeable under any other law for the time being in force in the same manner as duty of customs leviable under this Act; or

    (iv)any other matter as the Board may specify by notification in the official Gazette.

    (3)The advance ruling issued under sub-section (1) shall be binding on the applicant.

    (4)The advance ruling issued under sub-section (1) shall be binding on the customs collectorates for the period specified by the Board in the rules, unless there is a change in law or facts or circumstances on the basis of which the advance ruling was pronounced.

  • Customs duty exempted on import of industrial raw material

    Customs duty exempted on import of industrial raw material

    ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar announced to exempt customs duties on import of industrial raw material.

    While presenting the Budget 2020/2021, the minister highlighted the key points of changes brought to Customs Act, 1990 through Finance Bill, 2020.

    He said that the government had initiated customs tariff rationalization during the last year and allowed exemptions from customs duties on 1600 tariff lines of raw material.

    In order to reduce cost of production it is suggested that all raw material should be exempted from customs duty from next fiscal year.

    These exemptions has been proposed for import of raw material for manufacturing of chemicals, leather, textile, rubber, fertilizers etc.

    These tariff lines include 20,000 items which are around 20 percent of the total imports.

    Furthermore, he said that customs duty has been reduced on 200 tariff lines on import of raw material and secondary products which, included bleaching, rubber and raw material for home consumption.

    Hammad Azhar on the floor of the National Assembly said that regulatory duty has been reduced to 6 percent from existing 12.5 percent on import of hot rolled coils for encouraging domestic engineering sector.

    He said that the regulatory duty has been reduced on various products in order to discourage smuggling. The minister said that in the past regulatory duty was imposed which resulted in reduction of import of such goods. However, it is observed that some products were imported by Afghanistan and then entered into Pakistani markets.

    Therefore, it is suggested the reduction of regulatory duty on import of cloths, sanitary ware, electrodes, blankets, pad locks etc.

    The government has also abolished duty and taxes on import of diagnostic kits for coronavirus and cancer to provide relief to the masses. Further, duty and taxes have also been abolished on import of special food supplements and dietetic food.