The commerce ministry on Thursday issued the statutory regulatory order (SRO) clarifying all the specifications of goods whose import has been allowed in the Trade Policy - 2007-08.
According to SRO 822 (I)/2007, the commerce ministry said that in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1950 (XXXIX of 1950), following further amendments shall be made in the Import Policy Order, 2006, namely: In the aforesaid Order, (a) in paragraph 2, - (i) after clause (f), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:- " (fa) "job lot" job-lot is a collection of odds and ends for sale as one lot. Normally, these are goods of inferior quality.
To cater to the needs of different customers a supplier varies specifications, colour schemes, etc. It is a normal practice to produce slightly more than the order placed so that after rejection, damage, etc, there is still enough quantity left to meet the demand of the customer. After selling the goods to few buyers, the supplier has an assortment of goods with slight modification or differences.
These when put into a lot are called "Job-lot" and are generally sold at low prices; and (b) after clause (i), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:- (ia) "stock lot" the goods of this description are different from goods of job lot in the sense that these are not different in sizes, specifications or colour, etc. These are the goods, which are kept in stock unsold because of change in tastes, market conditions or slight depreciation in quality because of age, etc"; (b) In paragraph 6,- (i) for sub-paragraph (1) the following shall be substituted, namely, "(1) Construction companies, duly registered with Pakistan Engineering Council, mining, oil and gas and petroleum sector companies shall be allowed to import second hand plant, machinery and equipment, actually required for their projects in Pakistan, including those as specified at Appendix-I".; (ii) after the sub-paragraph (4), the following new paragraph shall be inserted, namely: - "(5) commercial importers shall also be allowed to import machinery/equipment/specialised machinery, including those as specified at Appendix-I, but excluding dumper trucks and mobile transit mixers, on behalf of construction companies which are duly registered with Pakistan Engineering Council, mining, gas and petroleum sector companies.
The imports shall, however, be subject to pre-shipment inspection by one of the prescribed pre-shipment inspection companies listed at Appendix-H to the effect that the plant, machinery and equipment are in good working condition and they are not older than 10 years"; (c) in paragraph (9), for the words "Central Board of Revenue "the words" "concerned Collector of Customs" shall be substituted;- (d) in paragraph 11,- (i) in clause (e) for the semi colon, at the end, a colon shall be substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:- "Provided further that Pakistan-based Associations and individual companies shall also be allowed to import exhibition materials for fairs and exhibitions except those mentioned in Appendix-A, B and C subject to endorsement by Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP)"; and (ii) in clause (p), the full stop, at the end, a semi colon and the word "and" shall be substituted and thereafter the following new clause shall be added:- "(q) Mountaineering expeditions shall be allowed to import their equipment and materials on import-cum-export basis. In case, the equipment and material are not re-exported, they may donate such equipment and material to local mountaineering clubs and produce a certificate to the Customs from a mountaineering club to the effect that the equipment and material imported on import-cum-export basis has been donated to that club".; (e) in paragraph 16,- (i) under heading A, after clause (v), the following new clauses shall be inserted, namely:- "(vi) Import and export of goods for transit under the Agreement for Traffic in Transit among the governments of Peoples Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan shall be subject to all prohibitions and restrictions notified vide the Import Policy Order, 2006. (vii) Imports coming from countries with whom no Preferential Trade Agreement has been signed shall be in accordance with rules of origin to be notified by the Federal Government".; (ii) under heading B,- (a) for the clause (vi), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(vi) Import of ozone depleting substances specified at Appendix-F, shall be subject to the policy/quota allocation to be laid down by the Ministry of Environment from time to time;"; and (b) after clause (xiv), the following new clause shall be inserted:- "(xv) Import and export of goods for transit under the Agreement for Traffic in Transit among the governments of Peoples Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan shall be subject to all prohibitions and restrictions notified anywhere in the Import Policy Order".; (f) in Appendix-B,- in Part-I, in column (1),- (a) after S. No 38, the following new S. No and entries relating thereto in columns (2),(3), and (4) shall be inserted:- "38.A
2912.1100 Formaldehyde import shall be allowed only to industrial consumers who have valid license issued by the environmental agency/dept concerned under Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1979".;
(b) in S. No 39, for the condition in column (4) the following shall be substituted, namely:- "Importable by only those pharmaceutical units having valid drugs manufacturing license on the authorisation of Ministry of Health. Such imports shall however be subject to meeting the conditions prescribed for import of pharmaceutical raw materials vide S. No 5 of Part-II"; and (c) In S. No 48 in column (4) for condition (i) and (ii) the following shall be substituted, namely: - "(i) "Certification by the Government of the exporting country or certification by a pre-shipment inspection company in the exporting country specialised in this field to the effect that the consignment is free from hazardous substances as defined under Basel Convention. "; and (ii) in Part-II, in column (I),- (a) after S. No 15, the following new S. No and entries relating thereto in columns, (2),(3) & (4) shall be inserted, namely:- "15-A respective headings Raw materials for bullet proof jackets Importable only on the recommendation of Ministry of Interior"; and (b) after S. No 21, the following new S. No and entries relating thereto in columns,(1), (2),(3) and (4) shall be inserted, namely:- "21.A 8701.2090 Prime movers 380 HP and above not more than four years old which are EURO-III compliant.
Import shall be allowed subject to the following conditions: (a) Import permission shall initially be for one year ie 2007-08. (b) Import shall be allowed only from reputed OEMs. (c) Only registered transport companies and established fleet operators operating at least 25 prime movers in their name shall be eligible to import such prime movers. (d) Each import order shall include not less than 10 prime movers. (e) The importers shall not be allowed to sell or transfer such prime movers to any other person or a company within 5 years of import.
21-B 8713.0000 Motorised wheel chairs.
Charitable Institutions and Hospitals shall be eligible to import motorised wheel chairs for disabled persons whether new or used in the form of donations and gifts."; and (g) In Appendix-E, in paragraph 6, for the proviso the following shall be substituted: - "Provided that where the importer brings stolen vehicle, chassis tampered vehicles or having fake and forged documents, he shall in addition to the confiscation of the vehicle, be liable to such other penalty as may be imposed under any other law for the time being in force. Re-export facility shall also not be available for such vehicles".
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