News Paper: Business Recorder
KARACHI (July 21 2010): Chief Collector of Custom, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Sher Nawaz has said that the new Afghan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) only provides facility to Afghan traders to export goods via Wahgah to India. Talking to newsmen after a meeting with members of Site Association of Industry (SAI) on Tuesday, he said there is no provision of facility to Indian businessmen to export goods through Wahgah to Afghanistan.
He said that the details of the agreement have not been released so far. However, he hoped that the agreement would play a vital role to curb smuggling under APTTA. Replying a question he admitted that previous Afghan Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA) was misused huge quantity of goods imported under ATTA were re-routed into Pakistan.
Speaking at the meeting he assured business community that all their issues will be looked into and efforts will be made to get them resolved. Referring to refund claims cases, he said that refunds are made under priority basis and old claims are settled first, then new cases are taken up. In case of business community facing any problem or issue with customs, he advised them to contact collector, deputy collector or assistant collector to get their problems solved on early basis.
Chairman Site Association of Industry (SAI), Salim Parekh said that the industrialists exports are facing problems in getting refunds in general and from CARE system of custom clearance in particular. He said that refund cases are pending with the authorities since last several years and on pursuance and giving in writhing about the case no body bother to give them proper reply nor attend telephone calls
The chairman further said that since last two years the things at customs have started worsening and now it is all hooch poach The second big issue is that all the imported consignments are market for lab test which causing delay in clearance of goods as well as insuring huge demurrage, the chairman claimed
The import from China under Free Trade Agreement (FTA) required a certificate from Chinese exports or authorities. Here in Pakistan the customs authorities required verification of signatures which causing problem as the Chinese authorities have refused to verify signatures on the ground that they are not authorised.
Collector Customs Nisar said that the customs authorities providing every facility to the exports remaining with its jurisdiction of powers. He said out of 100 only four samples of imported consignments are picked up for laboratory test.
He said that it is totally a wrong conception that the authorities are not attending telephone calls Referring to refunds, he claimed that the department has paid more claims as compared to last years. However, he gave no figure of claims settled by the department
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He said that the details of the agreement have not been released so far. However, he hoped that the agreement would play a vital role to curb smuggling under APTTA. Replying a question he admitted that previous Afghan Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA) was misused huge quantity of goods imported under ATTA were re-routed into Pakistan.
Speaking at the meeting he assured business community that all their issues will be looked into and efforts will be made to get them resolved. Referring to refund claims cases, he said that refunds are made under priority basis and old claims are settled first, then new cases are taken up. In case of business community facing any problem or issue with customs, he advised them to contact collector, deputy collector or assistant collector to get their problems solved on early basis.
Chairman Site Association of Industry (SAI), Salim Parekh said that the industrialists exports are facing problems in getting refunds in general and from CARE system of custom clearance in particular. He said that refund cases are pending with the authorities since last several years and on pursuance and giving in writhing about the case no body bother to give them proper reply nor attend telephone calls
The chairman further said that since last two years the things at customs have started worsening and now it is all hooch poach The second big issue is that all the imported consignments are market for lab test which causing delay in clearance of goods as well as insuring huge demurrage, the chairman claimed
The import from China under Free Trade Agreement (FTA) required a certificate from Chinese exports or authorities. Here in Pakistan the customs authorities required verification of signatures which causing problem as the Chinese authorities have refused to verify signatures on the ground that they are not authorised.
Collector Customs Nisar said that the customs authorities providing every facility to the exports remaining with its jurisdiction of powers. He said out of 100 only four samples of imported consignments are picked up for laboratory test.
He said that it is totally a wrong conception that the authorities are not attending telephone calls Referring to refunds, he claimed that the department has paid more claims as compared to last years. However, he gave no figure of claims settled by the department
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