Customs
National sales and local taxes, and in some instance’s customs fees, are often charged in addition to the tariff. The tariff, along with the other assessments, is collected at the time of customs clearance in the foreign port. Tariffs and taxes increase the cost of your product to the foreign buyer, and may affect your competitiveness in the market. So, knowing the final cost to your buyer can help you price your product for that market. In addition, your buyer may ask you to quote an estimate of these costs before making the purchase. There are following basic functions of Pakistan Customs.
⦁ Import / Export of legitimate cargo.
⦁ Trade Facilitation.
⦁ Trade Regulators.
⦁ Preventive (Control of Contraband Goods).
⦁ Revenue Collections.
WeBOC Registration
In order to access the online customs portal “WeBOC” the person would first have to register themselves with Federal Board of Revenue. If any taxpayer wants to transit (Import / Export) any shipment must have to be enrolled with WeBOC.
Procedure for Registration
- Submission of Application to Deputy / Assistant Collector WeBOC User ID.
- Personal appearance of applicant before Deputy / Assistant Collector along with CNIC.
- Process of taking digital picture and thumb impression of applicant.
- Visit of Business premises.
- Acceptance / Rejection of Application.
- Creation of User-ID in case of acceptance of application
Documents Requirements
- Sole proprietorship.
- Firm (AOP).
- Company.
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Import / Export Policy
Imports and exports of goods in Pakistan is regulated by the Ministry of Commerce, 1 Government of Pakistan. Under section 3 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1950, the Government may prohibit, restrict, or control imports and exports. The Commerce Ministry regulates this through Import Policy Orders and Export Policy Orders amended from time to time through notifications / Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs). The focus in this composition is only on the SROs issued by Ministry of Commerce.
Customs Tariff
Kindly refer to the following documents to ascertain the prevailing Customs Tariff which upgraded in every year finance act.
Rebate Claim (Customs)
Rebates are the re-payments of taxes; when the amount of tax required to pay is going to be less than the amount of tax paid, rebates are claimed. Rebates are paid to exporters within minutes after the departure of the liner. Rebates are not allowed in every case, there are some cases in which you are not allowed to claim for the rebate. There is no rebate to be claimed on those goods which were required to be added into the export manifest but are not so added. When the rebate amount is less than 100 rupees, you cannot be allowed to claim that.
In this section of rebate claim search. Checking the status of your claimed rebate is very easy because it requires only some information and a button to be clicked.
Duty Calculator (Customs)
We can calculate customs duties through online median via Customs generated system.
