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RECORDING GROWTH

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Customs Central Region posted 4 percent growth by collecting Rs 17974m on account of all duty and taxes during October 2018. | SEE PAGE 02 | ACCELERATING OPERATIONS

Collector Khalid accelerates anti-smuggling operations across Hyderabad region, seizes NDP goods worth Rs30m. | SEE PAGE 06 | OPENING COURSE

Pakistan Customs has not yet finalised any mechanism to implement Electronic Data Interchange with China Customs. | SEE PAGE 12 | EARNING EXTRA REVENUE

CollectorFerozeAlam’s Collectorate received57%extrarevenueunder allheadsduringJuly-Octoberof FiscalYear2018-19. | SEE PAGE 09 |

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akistan’s biggest ever fraud of sales tax is unearthed where Maersk shipping line has evaded billions of rupees sales tax in terms of services provided to its local clients whereby the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) appealed to the Supreme Court of Pakistan to intervene and investigate connivance of Maersk and Sindh Revenue Board in the alleged mega scandal.

CIJ is a leading organisation of Journalists engaged in investigative journalism. It upholds great values of journalism and has conducted more than 200 investigations into various scams, frauds and corruption of Government functionaries and also of corporates. It endlessly strives to bring issues to conclusive end where recoveries of the looted amounts by Government functionaries or the corporates is of primary focus.

Within hours after a section of media exposed the biggest ever sales tax scam, Maersk line exerted pressure on Pakistani government including Danish Ambassador to Pakistan His Excellency Rolf Holmboe held an urgent meeting with Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi to pressurise him to in turn put pressure on local media to stop exposing Maersk Pakistan Pvt. Ltd. Earlier, Maersk threatened media through unscrupulous persons and letters written by unknown persons, without signatures and proper designations but put on Maersk letter heads, to hush up the Rs 15 billion demurrage and detention scam.

According to the application ref#164/CIJ/10/2018 sent on 27-10-18 by the CIJ appealed the apex court to take legal action, recovering losses of tens of billions of rupees

due to the national exchequer per year while also stopping such further losses in the biggest mega scam of sales tax on services fraud from the accused persons including SØREN SKOU, CLAUS V. HEMMINGSEN, SØREN TOFT, VINCENT CLERCP, MORTEN H. ENGELSTOFT, others of Maersk Line; Arslan Khan, Hazanfar Khan, Raheel Salim, Maqsood Ul Hasan Khan, Fuad Khan, Hasan Faraz, Shakeel Masih, Omer Khan, Ali Jawad Alvi, Zafar Iqbal, Ayesha Chowdhry, Zahid Hussain, Salman Ahmad, Aamir Ali, Umais Aziz Khan, Mohammed Naeem, Farheen Mahmud, Mubasshar Iqbal Affaq Syed, Syed Mohammad Abbas Jafri, Muhammad Tanveer Sharif, Salman Ateeq, Hamza Haq, Ziad Mahboob, Aamir Ibrahim, Yasir Saeed Khan, Amal Sadiq Dawood, Effat Mehmood, Maria Urooj, Zain Warsi, Mehreen ZulQiqar, Awais Saleem, Zafar Iqbal, Syed Osman Iqbal Zaidi, Anum Yaqub, Fahad Ali, , Obaid Iqbal, Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Ali Qureshi, Danish Siddiqui, Amir Arif, Arshad Ayub, Syed Mudassir Ali, Syed Hammad Hussain, Ayesha Qadri, Sheikh Samiullah, others of M/S Maersk Pakistan Private Limited and relevant ofQicials of Sindh Revenue Board involved in the mega scam directly or in connivance with the same.

As per the application, “The nexus of some Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) staff and shipping lines like Maersk Line along with its agent Maersk Pakistan Private Limited, including its owners, managers, staff as mentioned in the subject are making illegal money through malpractice and defrauding the Sindh Revenue Board of tens of billions of rupees by not paying Sales Tax on services offered at the rate of 13% (evidence documents regarding its applicability attached and also details given on SRB website). Shipping company agent Maersk Pakistan Private Limited is providing shipping and other services in Pakistan to various importers and exporters. Therefore, they are liable to pay service tax to SRB at the rate of 13%

as per SRB NotiQication No. 3-4/20/2017.

As per the attached documents the Commissioner II of the Sindh Revenue Board was bound by the NotiQication No. 3-4/20/2017 to collect sales tax on services from the shipping lines as mentioned in point 15 of the table which is also available on the ofQicial website of Sindh Revenue Board http://www.srb.gos.pk/ contents/NotiQications/SRB-3-4.20.2017.PDF”.

“The subject accused have gone so far in their criminal activities that it can be found that Maersk Pakistan Private Limited is issuing ‘ benaami’ bills without sales tax numbers, without publishing its own name on the bills and giving its sales tax numbers. This is clear violation of the laws to cause losses of billions of rupees and evade the applicable provincial sales tax on the services offered,” the application said.

“When complaints are made to Sindh Revenue Board then they do not take action against the subject accused which is mandatory under provisions of law. The nexus of subject accused have made these active provisions of law entirely redundant and they should be severely punished for the same,” the application said.

The application demanded, “Therefore, it is prayed that legal action be taken against the subject accused persons, amounts looted by them be recovered, losses suffered by national exchequer to the tune of tens of billions of rupees per year be recovered from them, and further losses be stopped immediately”. It is pertinent to mention here that the NAB and the FIA already received a complaint seeking probe to ascertain role of employees of Maersk Line in country’s biggest shipping scandal involving 610 billion rupees.

Importers lodged application against Maersk Line and its subsidiary in Pakistan Maersk Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd for conspiracy, cheating and criminal breach of trust under PPC 407, 409, 420, 427, 506 and others so that these fraudsters are stopped to blackmail genuine importers by demanding ‘ illegal’ demurrage and detention charges.

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M/s National Chemicals moves SHC seeking release of consignment

KARACHI: National Chemicals moved the SHC seeking release of consignment comprising methyl bromide containing chloropicrin under HS Code 3808.9170. Counsel for the petitioner filed a petition and argued that petitioner imported a consignment of pesticide covered under HS. Code 3808.9170 and not under HS Code 2903.3910 as the heading 2903.3910 is for pure substance whereas H.S Code 3808.9170 is for methyl bormide which contains 2% chloropicrin and for many years it is being cleared under 3808.9170.

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ollectorate of Customs started proceedings against M/s Haji Nooruddin & Sons which is allegedly involved in misusing of SRO 326 and has caused a loss of Rs 500 million to the national kitty in the wake of tax evasion.

Sources told Customs Today that M/s Haji Sh Nooruddin & Sons was involved in misusing of SRO 326 and 327 (I) 2018 under the export-oriented license no: 08/LHR/EOU/2008.

The said company was importing duty free raw material under the export-oriented scheme and selling the goods manufactured illegally to the local market and government departments. First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged and criminal proceedings have been initiated against the company.

The Collectorate received credible information that the company was misusing the exemption available under the export-oriented scheme and supplying mosquito net, tarpaulin and family tents to the Food department of the Punjab government, M/s PASSCO Lahore and NDMA out of the material imported under the duty free scheme for the purpose of exporting the goods manufactured.

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ADC Asma Hameed orders to impound Hino truck FAISALABAD

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www.customstoday.com he Customs Adjudication Additional Collector Asma Hameed has issued Order in Original (ONO) in favour of the field Customs intelligence unit FIU Sarai Muhajir while deciding a case of non duty paid Hino truck.

Sources told Customs Today that a team of Customs I&I following information received through Deputy Director Rana Irfan Shouqat intercepted a used Hino truck with bearing registration no: OKS-15-1006 near Chowk Sara-i-Muhajir.

The driver of the vehicle, who was identified as Muhammad Faisal Habib was asked to show documents regarding the legal import of the vehicle but he remained fail to produce the import documents. Therefore, the staff impounded the vehicle under Section 2(s) and 16 of the Customs Act 1969.

Later, the FIU Sara-i-Muhajir team sent its chassis for forensictest.Thereportclarifiedthatpresentchassisnumberaccordingto labreportno1653/2108dated17-08-2018is notoriginalasitistemperedwith.The officialssentthecasetotheCustoms Adjudicationforfurtherlegalaction.

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ustoms Central Region has posted 4 percent growth by collecting Rs 17974 million on account of all duty and taxes during the month of October 2018, ofQicial data revealed.

As per details, the region collected Rs 7334 million posting 17 percent growth against the target for the month on account of customs duty while it collected Rs 8636 million on account of sales tax posting a decline of 9 percent against the given target for the month.

Similarly, the Central Region collected Rs1684 million recording a growth of 19 percent against the target of the month while Rs319 million were collected under the head of federal excise duty (FED) posting all-time high growth of 761 percent against the target of the month. Chief Collector of Customs Zeba Hai Azhar instructed all the collectorates to further enhance their struggle to meet the target for the Qinancial year.

Meanwhile, The model customs collectorate Appraisement Mughalpura Dry Port has issued a show cause notice to M/S Asma traders as they were allegedly involved in illegal movement of detained goods of from one container to another.

According to details information was received by Collector Jamil Nasir Khan that an importer attempted to shift the detained goods illegally to another container near gate of the Mughalpura Dry Port. Inspector posted at gate Muhammad

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Central Region posts 4 percent growth in revenue collection

Ashfaq Tahir received a telephonic call from higher authorities of customs that M/S Asma Traders is illegally moving 105 cartons of LEDs. These LEDs were imported from China and were detained by the customs authorities in violation of customs rules. Sources told that the alleged party was involved in misuse of intellectual property rights when their goods detained at dry port they tried to shift that material from container to a Mazda

Chief Collector Zeba Hai Azhar

truck. Imported consignment was cleared as container VAIU 8119575 through GD No: LAPR-HC-17968.

On information Inspector Muhammad Ashfaq took speedy action and traced the container near parking area and a Mazda truck too which was being loaded by the detained goods.

At that time 80 cartons were shifted to the Mazda truck which then shifted back to premises of dry port.

Now for further investigation Customs Appraisement has issued a show

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ollectorate of Customs earned 122% extra revenue against assigned revenue collection target under all heads during month of October of Fiscal Year 2018-19.

Deputy Collector Headquarters Majid Hussain Gadd told Customs Today that under guidance of Collector ZulQiqar Ali Chaudhry ,the Collectorate earned Rs2380 million of revenue under all heads against allocated target of Rs1952 million he added that MCC received Rs428 million extra collection during the above said period.

Gaad said that during the month of October, the Collectorate received Rs728 million under head of customs duty against allocated

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revenue target of Rs699 million whereas the Collectorate received Rs1115 million under head of sales tax the Collectorate received Rs892

million. He added that the MCC received 125% extra revenue under head of sales tax against assigned revenue collection target.

It is necessary to mention here that MCC Islamabad earned Rs953 million extra revenue under all heads against assigned revenue collection target for July to October Fiscal Year 2018-19, he added that MCC was assigned Rs6033 million target for said period while it earned Rs6986 million under all heads. Majid told that Collector MCC Islamabad praised all the ofQicials and ofQicers of MCC Islamabad to showed outstanding performance during July to October but specially for month of October FY18-19, he added that in his message Collector said that MCC will continue its struggle to meet the assigned revenue collection target for coming months of current Qinancial year 2018-19.

cause notice to M/S Asma traders at their address House No. 18, Street No, 14 Canal Park Baghbanpura Lahore.

On other hand Asma Traders has told Customs Today that the procedure was legal and they never transferred any material from any container at dry port so they will Qight against customs at all forums. M/s Asma Traders reserves the right to appeal against the orders within 60 days of the receipt of the orders under rule 103 of licensing rules 2001.

Customs North Region receives Rs5471.83m ustoms North Region received 31% extra revenue during the month of October under all duty and taxes as compared with the same period of last Fiscal Year 2017-18.

Official sources told Customs Today that Customs North Region which comprises Islamabad, Peshawar, Sialkot and Gilgit-Baltistan received Rs5471.83 million under all heads against revenue collection of Rs4168.35 million collected during the corresponding period.

The North Region received customs duty (CD) of Rs1985 million while Rs2133.80 million collected under head of sales tax (ST) whereas it received Rs128.82 million under head of federal excise duty (FED). Sources told that Customs North Region received Rs1224.18 million under head of income tax (IT) during month of October of Fiscal Year 2018-19. —CT Report

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Customs Court submits interim charge sheet in mobile smuggling case

KARACHI: The Customs Court accepted interim charge sheet against suspect lady namely Seema Rauf daughter of Abdul Rauf, who was booked in a case of attempting to smuggled non-duty paid foreign origin mobile phones and memory cards worth Rs5,809,413. Investigation officer submitted interim challan and informed the court that on credible information the above mentioned lady was intercepted at International Arrival Hall, JIAP, who arrived from Dubai by M/s Emirate Airline’s flight no: EK-608 and she was asked to search her body and luggage.

A.F. Ferguson may face criminal charges in Maersk sales tax mega scandal KARACHI

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Country’s biggest audit Qirm A.F. Ferguson may face criminal charges in sales tax mega scam of Maersk shipping line as Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) has appealed to the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take necessary legal action and start criminal proceedings against Maersk shipping line and audit Qirms including A.F. Ferguson and Co. The investigation agencies needed to probe if the company deliberately connived with M/s Maersk Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd in its sales tax fraud or unintentionally made a mistake by not conducting proper audit of the later which was evading tens of billions of rupees sales tax of services provided to local clients.

According to information available online, A.F. Ferguson consists of 44 partners and 1700 staff members. The Qirm is currently headed by Syed Muhammad Shabbar Zaidi and is the oldest Qirm in Pakistan. A. F. Ferguson & Co is the largest Qirm of professional accountants in Pakistan and operating in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.

The Qirm has also established an ofQice in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Qirm operates under international membership of PricewaterhouseCoopers and is also known internationally as PricewaterhouseCoopers Pakistan (PwC Pakistan). Broadly, the Qirm offers professional services in the Qields of Accounting, Audit and Assurance, Taxation, Transaction Advisory, Risk Advisory Services, SPA and HR Consultancy. Internally, the Qirm is organized along two separate service linesAssurance and Business Advisory Services (ABAS), Tax and Legal Services (TLS) which are equally split into 8 ‘sections’ and each service line has its own leader (partner).

According to the application ref#164/CIJ/10/2018 sent on 27-10-18 by the CIJ appealed the apex court to take legal

action, recoveries of amounts looted, recovering losses of tens of billions of rupees to the national exchequer per year while also stopping such further losses in the biggest mega scam of sales tax on services fraud from the accused persons SØREN SKOU, CLAUS V. HEMMINGSEN, SØREN TOFT, VINCENT CLERCP, MORTEN H. ENGELSTOFT, others of Maersk Line; Arslan Khan, Hazanfar Khan, Raheel Salim, Maqsood Ul Hasan Khan, Fuad Khan, Hasan Faraz, Shakeel Masih, Omer Khan, Ali Jawad Alvi, Zafar Iqbal, Ayesha Chowdhry, Zahid Hussain, Salman Ahmad, Aamir Ali, Umais Aziz Khan, Mohammed Naeem, Farheen Mahmud, Mubasshar Iqbal Affaq Syed, Syed Mohammad Abbas Jafri, Muhammad Tanveer Sharif, Salman Ateeq, Hamza Haq, Ziad Mahboob, Aamir Ibrahim, Yasir Saeed Khan, Amal Sadiq Dawood, Effat Mehmood, Maria Urooj, Zain Warsi, Mehreen ZulQiqar, Awais Saleem, Zafar Iqbal, Syed Osman Iqbal Zaidi, Anum Yaqub, Fahad Ali, , Obaid Iqbal, Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Ali

Qureshi, Danish Siddiqui, Amir Arif, Arshad Ayub, Syed Mudassir Ali, Syed Hammad Hussain, Ayesha Qadri, Sheikh Samiullah, others of M/S Maersk Pakistan Private Limited; audit Qirms including, A.F. Ferguson And Co. and others of Maersk Pakistan Private Limited and audit Qirms of other shipping companies of Pakistan, relevant ofQicials of Sindh Revenue Board involved in the mega scam directly or in connivance with the same.

As per the application, “The nexus of some Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) staff and shipping lines like Maersk Line along with its agent Maersk Pakistan Private Limited, including its owners, managers, staff as mentioned in the subject are making illegal money through malpractice and defrauding the Sindh Revenue Board of tens of billions of rupees by not paying Sales Tax on services offered at the rate of 13% (evidence documents regarding its applicability attached and also details given on SRB website).

Shipping company agent Maersk Pakistan

Private Limited is providing shipping and other services in Pakistan to various importers and exporters. Therefore, they are liable to pay service tax to SRB at the rate of 13% as per SRB NotiQication No. 3-4/20/2017. As per the attached documents the Commissioner II of the Sindh Revenue Board was bound by the NotiQication No. 3-4/20/2017 to collect sales tax on services from the shipping lines as mentioned in point 15 of the table which is also available on the ofQicial website of Sindh Revenue Board http://www.srb.gos.pk/contents/NotiQications/SRB-3-4.20.2017.PDF”.

“The subject accused have gone so far in their criminal activities that it can be found that Maersk Pakistan Private Limited is issuing ‘benaami’ bills without sales tax numbers, without publishing its own name on the bills and giving its sales tax numbers. This is clear violation of the laws to cause losses of billions of rupees and evade the applicable provincial sales tax on the services offered,” the application said.

The application said, “The audit Qirms including A. F. Ferguson & Co., & other audit Qirms of Maersk Pakistan Private Limited are also equally partners and supporters in crime as their audit report shows that all the accounts are clear and do not highlight about this major sales tax evasion. In fact it seems that they have shown them the way how to evade the sales tax by issuing ‘benami’ bills without sales tax numbers as mentioned above”. “When complaints are made to Sindh Revenue Board then they do not take action against the subject accused which is mandatory under provisions of law. The nexus of subject accused have made these active provisions of law entirely redundant and they should be severely punished for the same,” the application added. The application said, “It is prayed that legal action be taken against the subject accused persons, amounts looted by them be recovered, losses suffered by national exchequer to the tune of tens of billions of rupees per year be recovered from them and further losses be stopped immediately”.

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Govt introduces new internet policy for customs deptt

ISLAMABAD: Government has introduced new internet policy for customs department which believed that no Customs official will be allowed to entertain official businesses via private email address while proper record of such official business shall be maintained by nominated team by Member IT of FBR. Customs department will have seamless internet connectivity, optimum utilization of allocated bandwidth and secure internet correspondenc.

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www.customstoday.com awood Hercules Corporation Limited moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) against imposition of super tax imposed by officials of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

Counsel for the petitioner stated in its petition that petitioner is a private limited company, duly incorporated in Pakistan under companies’ordinance 1894. The company is engaged in making equity investments in companies with high growth potential.

He argued that petitioner is aggrieved by the imposition of super tax through Section 4-B of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 for tax year 2016 4B of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 for Tax Year 2016 and 2017.

The respondents has issued the demand notice without any show cause notice or any demand order. The petitioner challenges the vires of this section in its entirety.

He argued that issuance of notice for demand of super tax without prior issuance of show cause notice and without passing of order is in complete violation of article 10-A of the constitution and also deprives the petitioner of its right to statutory appeals if so preferred or applicable.

Citing Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, commissioner IR, Zone-01, Large Tax Payer Unit LTU Karachi, Officer IR, D.C.I.R (E&C) Unit-03, Range B and others as respondents, he pleaded the court to declare that issuance of said impugned SCN as illegal, mala fide and arbitrary.

He also pleaded the court to restrain the respondents, their agents and cronies from taking any adverse action against the petitioner under section 4B of the ordinance 2001 and restrain them from taking any coercive measures pursuant to the impugned show cause notice.

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Member Customs Operations Awais Agha Directorate General of Transit Trade from DG Directorate General of Post Karachi to Member Customs (Policy). Clearance Audit Islamabad to Chief Suraiya Ahmed Butt is given the role Collector of Customs North Islamof director general of transit trade, abad. He will also look after the Karachi, in addition to her posting as charge of Director General DG Audit DG Customs Valuation, Karachi. Islamabad in addition to his own Wasif Ali Memon, Pakistan Customs duties with immediate effect and Service BS-21, has been transferred until further orders.

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ustoms team deputed at New Islamabad International Airport (NIIA) seized Rs65.10 million of smuggled goods during Qirst four months of Fiscal Year 2018-19.

Additional Collector Nisar Ahmad Phularwal told Customs Today that during the above-said period the Customs staff seized huge quantity of foreign currency including US$ 40,000, Euro 100,000, UK Pounds 1100, Saudi Riyal 307400, UAE dinar 430,000,

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M/s Dawood Hercules Corporation moves SHC against SCN over super tax

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r. Jawwad Owais Agha a Pakistan Customs Service ofQicer of BS-21 has taken charge as Member Customs Operations, Federal Board of Revenue.

The board has already split the function of member customs and created two different slots for customs policy and operations as part of reforms.

Dr. Jawwad Owais Agha is given charge of Member Customs Operations while Muhammad Javed Ghani, a BS-21 ofQicer, is posted as Member (Customs Policy), FBR. According to details, Jawwad Owais Agha was performing his duties as Chief Collector Customs North Region from December 2017 when he was transferred and posted as Chief Collector of Customs (North), Islamabad from the post of Director General, Directorate General of Input Output CoefQicient Organization, Karachi. As Chief Collector North, he work very hard and introduced several reforms to introduce revenue of the department.

According to recent notiQication no: 2048-c-1/2018, dated 7.11.2018, Jawwad Owais Agha has been transferred as Member Customs Operations where he will also look after the charge of Member Legal and Accounting-Customs at FBR House in addition to his own duties with immediate effect and until further orders.

The notiQication also said that Muhammad Javed Ghani, BS-21, transferred from Director General,

he Directorate General of Customs valuation has revised the customs value of kitchen cabinets in CKD/SKD/CBU condition and accessories vide valuation Ruling No 1340/2018 under Section 25-A of the Customs Act, 1969. According to the details, it was brought to the notice of Directorate General Customs valuation that values of kitchen cabinet in CKD/SKD/CBU condition and accessories thereof are being declared to customs at much lower values than the current international values. It was also observed that certain importers were also declaring incorrect and incomplete description of the goods. verifications by Directorate General reaffirmed this position. Keeping this in view, the Directorate General initiated an exercise of the customs values of the kitchen cabinets in CKD/SKD/CBU condition a accessories thereof in terms of Section 25-A of the Customs Act, 1969.

A number of‘meetings with stakeholders, including importers and representatives from field formations, were held to discuss the current international prices of the subject goods.

The importers / stakeholders were requested to submit invoices of imports during last three months showing customs value. Websites, names and e-mail addresses of known foreign manufacturers of the item in question through which the actual current value can be ascertained.

Copies of contracts made / LCs opened during the last three months showing the value of item in question. Copies of sales tax invoices issued during last four months showing the difference in price (excluding duty and taxes) to substantiate their contentions.

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Qatri Riyal 41,600, Oman Riyal 2220, Kuwait Dinar 435 and

Bahrain Dinar 500 only. The Customs staff of NIIA seized total

currency worth Rs47.16 million.

Additional Collector Nisar said that the NIIA staff also seized 239 assorted smuggled mobile phones worth Rs4.32 million. He said that the NIIA staff also seized 1430 kilograms of non-duty paid foreign origin gold worth Rs7.24 million.

Nisar further stated that from July to October of Fiscal Year 2018-19, the NIIA customs staff seized 34 kilogram of silver worth R3 million whereas the staff seized 846 bottles of liquor worth Rs3.38 million. During the above-said period, the Customs staff seized total smuggled goods worth Rs65.10 million.

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ollectorate of Customs AntiSmuggling Organization (ASO) seized smuggled items worth Rs 30 million including duty and taxes during the month of October 2018.

Sources told Customs Today that after instructions of Collector Khalid Hussain Jamali, the ASO team conducted various anti-smuggling activities in order to save the national exchequer.

The team conQiscated different items, including Toyota car, Hino oil tanker, foreign origin 44000 liters High Speed Diesel (HSD), 455 kilograms of betel nuts, foreign origin Baba shoes of different varieties, foreign origin Indian gutka, ceramic tiles old & used tyre Rims, auto parts, spray paint, foreign origin cigarettes, electronics HTV & LTV DTH receivers, digital LNBs dish antennas, NB Clips, tyres of different brands and seized polythene bags and other items in different raid.

Sources told that ASO conQiscated 540 cartons of Diamond Aerosol, spray paint, smuggled HTV & LTV tyres of different brands, miscellaneous items including polythene bags, cigarettes worth Rs385069 and other items Rs2.3 million.

Under the supervision of Hyderabad Customs Headquarters Additional Collector Dr Aamer Nawaz Hamid and Deputy Collector Syed Kareem Adil, the ASO teams comprising in-charge ASO customs preventive Hyderabad ZulQiqar Ali Jamali , Inspector Engr.

Haresh Kumar, inspector Abdul Majeed Waraich, Inspector Maqbool Ahmed Rind, inspector Abid Ahmed Khan, sepoyes and drivers participated in the operations.

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Talking to Customs Today, customs ofQicers said that Hyderabad Customs showed excellent performance with regard to the anti-smuggling during the said period, adding that the collectorate is improving its performance over the time by adopting effective strategies against the smugglers.

Meanwhile, Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Sukkur Division recovered smuggled goods including 28 bags (153200 pouches) of Indian gutka and non-customs duty paid 2350 kilograms of betel nuts, 200 sticks of cigarettes, different brands tyres worth Rs4.9 million including duties and taxes during an action by a customs check-post at Mureed Shah district Sukkur.

Sources told Customs Today that Collector Khalid Hussain Jamali directed his staff to curb smuggling in

Anti-smuggling squad raided Shalimar Express and recovered foreign origin 3520 kilograms of betel nuts worth Rs1,760,000 the region. The customs authorities received a tip-off regarding the smuggling of above-said items.

He immediately constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Deputy Collector Kalimullah Wagan, Inspector Makhan Khan and in-charge customs check-post.

Prior to the recovery of goods, the ASO team asked the driver to produce documents regarding the legal import of the items but he could not prove anything lawful. So the team seized the goods under the customs bylaws.

A case was registered against the accused and sent to the customs adjudication for further legal action.

The ASO deposited the conQiscated goods in Sukkur Division State Warehouse.

OfQicials said that Collector Khalid Hussain Jamali had directed to take effective steps for preventing smuggling in the region.

Meanwhile, Anti-Smuggling Organization team, following the instructions of Collector Customs Collectorate Khalid Hussain Jamali recovered huge quantity of smuggled betel nuts.

Sources told Customs Today that after receiving credible information, Collector Khalid Jamali constituted an anti-smuggling squad comprising Inspector ZulQiqar Ali Jamali, Engr.

Haresh Kumar and Inspector Maqbool Ahmed Rind.

Sources said that the above-mentioned anti-smuggling squad raided Shalimar Express and recovered foreign origin 3520 kilograms of betel nuts worth Rs1,760,000 during operation. The betel nuts were being smuggled from Sukkur to Karachi.

No one claimed the ownership of the recovered betel nuts. Customs team seized the entire betel nuts and shifted the same to Customs State Warehouse. Sources said that betel nuts were seized under Section 16 of the Customs Act 1969 under punishable Clause (9) & (90) of the Customs Act 1969.

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he Punjab chief secretary has reminded 54 government officers to return money paid to them in addition to what was deemed to be their fair and rightly earned salary.

The reminder has come in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision some time ago, focusing on appointments made in various public-sector companies and perks given to the employees by the Shahbaz Sharif government.

Interestingly enough, the overwhelming majority of those asked had agreed to pay back the ‘extra’ sum.

The cumulative amount runs into hundreds of millions, with one officer alone ‘owing’ the Pakistani public more than Rs50m. There are other, similar cases that are part of the expanding accountability exercise, for example, the appointment of the famous poet and author Ataul Haq Qasmi who was appointed chairman of PTV by the last PML-N government. In this instance as well, the Supreme Court is seeking to recover the money ‘overspent’ on him as chairman, by fining a number of people blamed for his appointment, including the then information minister.

Mr Qasmi has been asked to pay some of it as well.

This may be one of the evolving formulas of getting back the ‘riches’, but it will surely tax the minds of jurists looking for a just system to perform what has traditionally been considered an impossible task, ie recovering resources already spent.

In the case of the Punjab officials, who are perceived as not having actually ‘earned’ what they were paid, it must be said that they are being penalised for the last government’s avowed desire of following market principles pay good salaries and ask employees to be more responsible and efficient. Since it is going to be difficult to challenge this rule in a fast-changing world, it would be in everyone’s interest to have some kind of a policy in place at the federal and provincial levels in order to avoid more situations where the government has to knock on the doors of its own employees to reclaim salary slips.

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inance Minister Asad Umar on his return from China tried to reassure the country and the markets in a press conference on November 6, 2018 that the imminent balance of payments crisis had been averted.

This was made possible, he asserted, through the Saudi bailout package of $6 billion ($3 billion to be parked in our foreign exchange reserves and $3 billion for deferred payments for oil imports), to which could now be added another $6 billion from China. However, the announcement was strong on rhetoric but woefully lacking in detail.

It turns out from reports that in fact all China has done as our good friend so far is to promise Qinancial help in principle, with the details and modalities of the package to be worked out by a high powered Pakistani delega-

tion to visit Beijing on Nov 9.

Also, China has reportedly agreed to boost Pakistani imports from Pakistan to twice and eventually three times their present level, which would go some way towards reducing our trade deQicit with China, currently around $14 billion. Some of this burgeoning trade deQicit is owed to imports from China related to CPEC, but the underlying reality is that Pakistan does not possess the sufQicient exportable surpluses needed to dent the deQicit meaningfully, although opening China’s market to Pakistani sugar and rice exports seems promising.

Asad Umar was naturally expected to reveal what had been achieved during the China visit to an expectant country. Another consideration may have been the skittishness of the markets for a few days amidst reports that the

trip to China under Prime Minister Imran Khan’s leadership had failed to achieve much.

Whether the announcement by Asad Umar will serve to relieve the uncertainty gripping the markets and restore conQidence that Pakistan has managed to wriggle out of the economic hole it seemed trapped in remains to be seen.

Unless and until the details of the China bailout are authoritatively revealed, much remains in the realm of speculation, not a conducive atmosphere for business and market conQidence.

Another important aspect of the deliberations in China is the proposal to trade through a yuan-rupee swap arrangement on the argument that this would release pressure on our dollar reserves. This arrangement too remains to be discussed and worked out in detail in further

meetings between the two sides. While these outcomes in principle and further deliberations focus on Pakistan’s immediate financial needs, perhaps the even more significant convergence in the long-term is the agreement that now that CPEC’s first phase concentrated on infrastructure is drawing to a close, the second phase will concentrate on industrialisation (with the Special Economic Zones playing a critical part), agriculture, employment creation and vocational training.

The PTI before and after coming to power had been critical of these aspects not being included in CPEC’s formulation, but that reservation seems to have been met in principle by our Chinese friends, a development that will boost the chances of the PTI government’s welfare agenda.

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Customs Court approves remand of suspects involved in mobile phones smuggling

KARACHI: The Customs Court sent suspects namely Umair Muhboob Hussain, Muhammad Anus and Muhammad Asghar, who were booked in a case of attempting to smuggle non-duty paid mobiles phones etc, to Customs Preventive on physical remand. Investigation officer produced the above-mentioned suspects before the court and informed that on the raiding night of October 29/30, 2018, while the officer was performing his duties at the Customs Examination Hal, International Arrivals, JIAP Karachi, three suspects arrived through Emirates Airlines were intercepted at red channel.

Court extends remand of suspects booked in threating of assaults to customs’officials

GB Customs earns 57 percent extra revenue from July to October

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www.customstoday.com he Customs Court extended physical remand of suspect namely Mehmood Ul Hassan son of Abdul Karim and sent him to Customs Preventive, who was booked in a case of obstruction, hindrance, threatening, molestation and threating of assaults to officer’s/ officials of customs in the discharge of duty and exercise of powers conferred under the provision of Customs Act, 1969 punishable under Clause (85) of Section 156 (i) ibid.

Investigation officer produced the above mentioned suspect along with first information report (FIR) and informed the court that on 22/10/2018 when the undersigned along with customs staff of investigation and prosecution branch visited at Pak International Goods Company situated under Native Jetty Flyover, Karachi in connection with the case FIR No ASO 298-HQ dated 02/10/2018.

He submitted that a person namely Muhammad Dawood was apprehended and he was brought to the Customs House in connecting with transporting of betel nuts, he was arrested and served with a notice at about 06.30 pm, after spin of an hour of his arrest the undersigned along with M/s Asfandyar, Saddam Hussain, Hassan Sardar and Zahid Shah was present in the office of I&P Branch, suddenly some persons directly entered in the office in attacking manner and directly rushed toward the door of lockup.

Investigation officer further informed that arrested accused along with others entered in the room and Junaid Memon in a brutal was started threatening and abusing the government officials and department of the state and rescued the accused persons.

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ollectorate of Customs received 57% extra revenue under all heads from July to October Fiscal Year 2018-19 as compared with the same correspondence period of FY17-18.

Collector Feroz Alam Junejo told Customs Today said that during Qirst four months of Fiscal Year 2018-19 the GB showed very good performance while it was very hard time faced by the Collectorate due to installation of Web Based One Customs (WeBOC) at the Sost Dry port. He said during July to October the Collectorate earned Rs.746.14 million revenue under all heads of duty taxes against revenue collection of Rs473.25 million under same heads during identical period of last FY17-18.

The Collector stated that GB showed additional 92.27% of revenue performance during first four months under head of customs duty (CD) against same correspondence period, he added that GB received Rs384.19 million CD during first four months of Fiscal Year 2018-19 while it received Rs.199.88 million under same head during same correspondence period. Feroz told that GB showed 17.02% of performance under head of sales tax (ST) during first four months of Fiscal Year 2018-19 against same correspondence period, he added that GB earned Rs270.08 million

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under head of ST during July to October Fiscal Year 2018-19 against revenue collection of Rs.198.93 million under same head during same correspondence period. He said that details

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under head of income tax the GB Collectorate fetched 23.32% extra revenue performance during four months of Fiscal Year 201819 against same correspondence period, he added that the GB

received Rs.91.88 million under head of IT during July to October FY18-19 against collection of Rs.74.50 million which received during same correspondence period under same head.

Appeal to withdraw SRO1305 to facilitate businessmen To,

Mr. Asad Umer, Finance Minister, Islamabad Dear Sir,

I want to bring in your notice that business community strongly opposes the issuance of SRO1305 (I)/ 2018 by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), which is giving access to account holders info under the said SRO. Efforts being made for Qinancial inclusion will be backtracked because it would encourage cash economy due to fear of harassment.

I want to point out that under this SRO, FBR has prescribed a Cash Withdrawal Statement for banks to report information of persons who have withdrawn cash exceeding Rs50,000 in a day and taxes deduc-

tion thereon for Qilers and non-Qilers, aggregating to Rs1 million or more during the month.

I suggest that “Instead of seeking information of both Qilers and non-Qilers, it would have been appropriate to seek information of non-Qilers only which would have encouraged non-Qilers to become

Qilers, resulting in broadening the tax net of the country”.

I want to make it clear that Karachi Chamber has clear stance against the massive discretionary powers to FBR. The present government has assured from time to time that no harassment will be done either

by FBR or FIA but such SROs may

lead to further harassment to the masses, including the members of the business and industrial community. As we firmly believe in legislations, the Karachi Chamber has always vocally opposed the SRO culture which has to be ended as it only paves way for harassment and corruption.

I appeal to your Ministry of Finance to withdraw the ‘draconian’ provisions and laws which have extended immense discretionary powers to the officers of Inland Revenue. We believe it is a core issue, resulting in loss of productivity and mental torture to the business community.

Regards,

Junaid Esmail Makda President KCCI, Karachi

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Customs Intelligence impounds non-duty paid Hino worth Rs8m

FAISALABAD: The Customs Intelligence and Investigation has seized non duty paid Hino truck model 1997 with bearing registration No E-1341 worth Rs 8 million involving duty and taxex Rs 2.8 million. Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Director Rana Irfan Shouqat received information about non duty paid vehicles and he formed special team comprising Superintendent Muhammad Tahir Iqbal, Intelligence Officer Mansoor Nasir, Sepoy Muhammad Shahbaz Shouqat, Hayat Muzamil Hussain, Muhammad Rafique and Zeshan Farooq.

Journalist community of Peshawar demands action against Maersk Line PESHAWAR

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he journalists based in Peshawar condemned threatening of media persons by Maersk Shipping Line.

Customs Today which exposed the sales tax fraud of M/s Maersk Shipping Line and taking of extra detention and dummerage charges from importers bu the company.

The senior journalist based in Peshawar Rahim Ullah Yusufzai expressed that government needs to support media people and provide them security in time. The threatening calls given to media persons after exposing billions of rupees scam should be investigated properly.

President Peshawar Press Club Alamgir Khan, General Secretary Shahab Khan along other ofQice bearers not only condemned the threatening calls given to media but also demanded action to be taken against M/s Maersk Shipping Line. The Jamrud Press Club Landi Kotal Press Club also condemned the calls given to Customs Today for unearthing billions rupees scam on the hands of few shipping lines.

The journalists demanded that due to fraud done by marriage now they given calls to journalists to stop reporting against them and provide legal cover to their tax fraud scam.

The media persons also said that security agencies must provide complete detail of the threatening calls given to journalists associated with Customs

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Today and this should be stopped at once. They reminded that previously Asad Kharral was injured by such suspicious people on which FIR is also on the record but no steps were taken to arrest the accused people in the FIR. The press members added that government should act upon the re-

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ports brought to limelight by media.

The media persons will record protest against Maersk shipping line if they did not change their behavior. It is pertinent to mention here that more than 30 media houses including TV channels and newspapers, a large number of chambers of commerce and leading

businessmen have raised the issue of blackmailing and threatening by the shipping line Maersk and its subsidiary M/s Maersk Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd and demanding heavy amounts of illegal demurrage and detention charges from genuine importers. After the media and chambers expressed their concern on

sheer violation of rules and regulations by the shipping line, Maersk started threatening media through unscrupulous persons and letters written by unknown persons, without signatures and proper designations but put on Maersk letter heads, to hush up the Rs 15 billion demurrage and detention scam.

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Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) team foiled a bid to smuggle huge quantity of narcotics.

According to details, Director Customs I&I Dr. Arsalan Subuctageen received secret information about smuggling of narcotics on 4.10.2018. He immediately constituted a team under the supervision of Additional Director Wajid Ali which also includes Superintendent Mukhtiar Ullah.

The I&I team established

a check post near Rashkai Interchange and started checking of vehicles.

At around 6am, a vehicle bearing registration no: LXH-6396 crossed the checking ignoring the signal of the staff.

The I&I team chased the vehicle and the driver of the vehicle parked the same alongside the road and started Qiring and successfully escaped from the scene.

During checking of vehicle, customs I&I team brought the vehicle to customs I&I ofQice and recovered 25 packets of heroin powder worth Rs34.2 million in international market.

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Sargodha ASO seizes non duty paid diesel generator, Hiace van

SARGODHA: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Field Intelligence Unit (FIU) Sargodha seized foreign origin diesel generator worth Rs4,50,000 involving customs duty and taxes Rs 400000. The ASO team also impounded Toyota Hiace van being used for smuggling. Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Director Rana Irfan Shouqat received information about the said smuggled generator. The customs authorities established a check post near Katha Road Khushab under the supervision of Superintendent Muhammad Tahir Iqbal.

Multan Customs earns Rs1251.801m as petroleum development levy in October MULTAN

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ollectorate of Customs collected Rs1251.801 million under the head of petroleum development levy during the month of October 2018-19.

The Collectorate posted handsome growth in the revenue collection of petroleum development levy from clearance of high speed diesel. Multan Customs collected petroleum development levy from oil marketing companies on the clearance of ex-bonding of high speed diesel (HSD) shipments from Multan Dry Port.

The Collectorate generated Rs1251.801 million under the head of petroleum development levy during the fourth month (October) of economic year 2018-19.While it made collection of Rs1130.648 million as petroleum development levy in the corresponding period of 2018-19. The Collectorate observed a boost in the collection of petroleum development

levy during the fourth months of current fiscal year due to excess clearance of petroleum products from Multan Dry Port of M/s PARCO. The Collectorate gener-

ated Rs.3696.16 million in wake of petroleum development levy in the first four months of economic year 2018-19 from clearance of High Speed Diesel. It is

pertinent to mention that petroleum development levy is levied by federal government on the oil marketing companies for clearance of high speed diesel

Customs Court approves bail of suspect involved in betel nuts smuggling case

and Multan Customs collected petroleum development levy on the clearance of ex-bonding of high speed diesel (HSD) shipments from Multan Dry Port.

Quetta I&I foils bid to smuggle non-duty paid LED TVs & drugs worth Rs6.50m QUETTA

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he Customs Court granted pre-arrest bail to another suspect namely Samiullah son of Mohammad Khalid, who was booked in a case of attempting to smuggle 180,400 kilogram betel nuts in the garb of BBC cutting paper scrap in pressed bundles.

The court also directed the

suspect to join investigations if and when require.

Counsel for the accused Qiled bail petition and argued that petitioner is innocent and was falsely implicated in this case and he is ready to face trail, therefore, court may grant him pre-arrest bail. After the hearing, court granted his bail against the surety of Rs300,000 and issued notices to special prosecutor for customs department and investigation ofQicer for next date of hearing.

The court also directed accused to join investigations if and when required by the investigation ofQicer of this case.

According to the interim charge sheet, customs ofQicials received a tipoff to the effect that a huge quantity of betel nuts has been smuggled into the country in the garb of import of waste paper scrap in pressed bundles shipped from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and after clearance from the Customs Port Qasim, Karachi, they would be shifted into different parts of the city, Karachi.

irectorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation foiled a bid to smuggle imported non duty paid LED Tv and drugs worth Rs 6.50 million during special checking. Sources told Customs Today that Director I&I Muhammad Akram Chaudhary received a tip-o that some smugglers are trying to smuggle non duty paid LED Tv and drugs out of Quetta.

He constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Inspector Wahid Elahi ,Shakeel Aiwan and others. The team enhanced the surveillance on Quetta near Bara Market and started searching of vehicles.

During the search operation, the team intercepted a small truck bearing registration no: QRG-9361 which was going outside of Quetta. During the checking, the customs team recovered 200 non duty paid LED Tv 20 kilograms drugs (charas) packed in dierent packing worth Rs 6.50 million including truck being used in smuggling. The customs team seized all Tv and drugs, arrested two persons.

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Customs Court extends remand of suspects involved in DTH smuggling

KARACHI: The Customs Court extended physical remand of suspects namely Muhammad Iqbal and Yasir Ali and sent them back to customs department, who were booked in a case of attempting to smuggle and sale of Direct to Home (DTH) equipment in open market. The DTH equipment are used to broadcast Indian channels and transfer of money charged against these services and shifting abroad through illegal channels. Investigation officer of Customs Preventive produced the above-mentioned suspects before the court.

Collector Jamil Nasir opens 5-day long export management course LAHORE

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ahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Tuesday kick started Qive-day long CertiQication in Export Management programme for the budding exporters enabling them to effectively move forward in the export sector.

Collector Customs Jamil Nasir opened the programme while LCCI Vice President Faheem Seghal and others were also present on the occasion, besides a good number of interested participants from various walks of life participated.

The Collector Customs addressing the participants said that in order to get maximum beneQit out of something one should be efQicient enough to tackle the bottlenecks in the ways of professional duties. He urged the participants to avail the programme in true sense equipping themselves with the knowledge about how to export goods and articles. “Once you get good command over the subject, none can exploit you including Customs ofQicials and others in any ways,” he said offering the participants all-out support for them. The LCCI VP said that in order to deal with the rising current account deQicit the country need to enhance its exports level to strike a balance between the aggravating balance of trade. “This is a good opportunity for you to understand the basics of exports and get excellence,” Faheem stated, adding that the Chamber has been doing hard as to how Pakistan can enhance its exports and the programme is being conducted in line with the same objective.

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ollectorate of Customs Appraisement East collected Rs39981.93 million during the month of October 2018 under head of all duty and taxes.

According to details, Appraisement East collected Rs10574.48 million under the head of customs duty (CD), Rs13845.16 million as sales tax (ST), Rs15471.04 as income tax (IT) and Rs91.25 as federal excise duty (FED).

Earlier in the month of September, Collectorate of Customs Ap-

praisement East collected Rs39986.5 million during the month of September 2018 under head of all duty and taxes which includes Rs 11372.11 million under the head of customs duty (CD), Rs 13927.11 million as sales tax (ST), 14598.04 as income tax (IT) and Rs 89.24 as federal excise duty (FED). In the month of August Collectorate of Customs Appraisement East collected Rs 39358.6 million during the month of August under head of all duty and taxes.

Meanwhile, Collectorate of Customs Appraisement West generated Rs 24257.37 million during the month of October 2018 under

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the head of all duty and taxes. According to details, Appraisement West collected Rs 24257.37 million in October which includes Rs 13406.18 million under the head of custom duty (CD), Rs 7598.18 million as sales tax (ST), Rs 3148.56 million under the head of income tax (IT) and Rs 104.45 million as federal excise duty (FED). Earlier in September Customs Collectorate of Appraisement West generatedRs243336.28millionwhich includes Rs 12602.13 million under the head of custom duty (CD), Rs 7749.21 million as sales tax (ST), Rs 3384.31 million under the head of income tax (IT) and Rs 101.88 million as federal excise duty (FED).