Tag: Directorate General Transit Trade

ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Transit Trade has been authorized to track cargo movement of Afghan transit, NATO/ISAF and transshipment in order to avoid incidence of en-route goods slippage.

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday issued SRO 609(I)/2020 for reorganization of the Directorate General of Transit Trade.

The FBR said that the directorate shall be based at Custom House, Karachi, assisted by Director, Directorate of transit Trade (HQ), Karachi.

The directorate general shall have its regional offices at Karachi, Gwadar, Quetta, Peshawar, Gilgit-Baltistan and Lahore. The director general shall report to the Member (Customs), FBR.

The directorate general of transit trade shall be responsible for enforcement of all the international agreements, treaties, conventions, domestic laws, rules and procedures relating to transit trade with reference to cross border movement of bonded cargo and domestic laws, rules and procedures relating to transshipment with reference to inland movement of bonded cargo and shall also be responsible for enforcement of laws, rules and procedures relating to international transshipment, through the respective directorates and collectorates.

The directorate general shall also supervise functioning of the directorates, furnish policy input to the FBR on matters relating to transit trade and transshipment and maintain liaison with all stakeholders.

The Director, Directorate of Transit Trade (HQ) Karachi shall have jurisdiction over all customs matters relating to transit, transshipment and allied functions in respect of the national territory of whole of Pakistan covering the following functions and customs matters:

(i) Project Director in terms of SRO 4139i0/2012 dated April 25, 2012.

(ii) Supervision of tracking and monitoring across the national territory through the Central Control Room (CCR), established at Custom House, Karachi, in coordination with Regional Control Rooms (RCRs) established at respective directorates of transit trade of the following cargo:

(a) Transit cargo;

(b) POL products exported to Afghanistan;

(c) US or NATO or ISAF cargo;

(d) Transshipment cargo;

(e) Safe transportation cargo;

(f) EPZ/SEZ/Free Zones cargo;

(g) Manufacturing bonds exports cargo;

(h) Export oriented units exports cargo;

(i) Transportation of imported liquid bulk cargo for exclusive use of ISAF/NATO forces in Afghanistan.

(iii) Administration, budgeting and supervision of the Mobile Enforcement Units (MEUs) deployed at Transit Monitoring Response Centers (TMRCs) across the country;

(iv) Sealing of cargo at Karachi sea ports and Port Qasim with respect to the following cargo:

(a) Transit cargo;

(b) POL products exported to Afghanistan;

(c) US or NATO or ISAF cargo;

(d) Transshipment cargo;

(e) Safe transportation cargo;

(f) EPZ/SEZ/Free Zones cargo

(g) Manufacturing bonds exports cargo;

(h) Export oriented units exports cargo;

(i) Transportation of imported liquid bulk cargo for exclusive use of ISAF / NATO forces in Afghanistan.

(v) Licensing of tracking companies in terms of SRO 413(I)/2012 dated April 25, 2012;

(vi) Development, supervision and maintenance of transit trade facilitation portal including coordination with the relevant stakeholders.

(vii) Development, supervision and updation of Risk Management System (RMS) through the local committee constituted for transit and transshipment RMS, including coordination with the relevant stakeholders;

(viii) Association in development, updation and enhancement of MIS function;

(ix) Personal management;

(x) Coordination with all stakeholders for operational purposes;

(xi) Business process re-engineering;

(xii) Transit trade facilitation and redressal of complaints; and

(xiii) Any other function assigned by the FBR from time to time.

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has re-constituted committee for grant of license for tracking transit and transshipment cargo.

The FBR on Wednesday issued SRO 542(I)/2020 dated June 08, 2020 to amend Tracking and Monitoring of Cargo Rules, 2012.

The reconstitution of committee shall comprise of Director General of Transit Trade (Chairman), Director Transit Trade (I-IQs), Karachi, Director Transit Trade (Peshawar), Director Transit Trade (Quetta), Director Reforms and Automation (Karachi), Collectors of Customs (Enforcement and Compliance, Karachi), (Appraisement and Facilitation, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, Karachi), (Appraisement and Facilitation-East, Karachi), (Appraisement and Facilitation-West), Karachi, and Director of Intelligence and Investigation, FBR, Karachi or any other authority designated by the FBR Headquarter.

As per amendment the project director shall be Director (HQs), Directorate General of Transit Trade. Previously, the project director was Collector, Model Collectorate of Customs (Preventive).

In another amendment, Director Transit Trade (HQs), Karachi shall be the convener of the Licensing Committee and its headquarters shall be located in Directorate General of Transit Trade, Karachi. The Director Transit Trade (HQs), Karachi shall provide secretarial and other allied support required for functioning of the Licensing Committee.

A new rule introduced through the amendment that any function enumerated in these rules including mounting and un-mounting of tracking devices in the designated areas, whereof, the staff of the Directorate General of Transit Trade is not posted, shall be performed by the staff of the respective Enforcement and Compliance or Composite Customs Collectorate of jurisdiction.