The government of Pakistan will not allow entry of Afghan origin vehicles for transportation of transit goods under the new Afghan Transit Trade Rules 2011 in cases where the customs authorities refuse to issue Road Transit Temporary Admission Document (TAD) to Afghan carriers.
Sources told Business Recorder here on Thursday that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced a new provision ''temporary admission of documents'' into the Afghan Transit Trade Rules 2011. The government of Pakistan will issue the Road Transit Temporary Admission Document (TAD) to vehicles registered in Afghanistan and temporarily brought into Pakistan for transportation of transit goods under the new Afghan Transit Trade Rules 2011.
Without the TAD, Pakistan will not allow the Afghan vehicles to come within the territory of Pakistan under the new Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA). According to the new rules, the motor vehicles of Afghanistan shall enter Pakistan without payment of import duties and other taxes subject to provisions of these rules.
The road transit Temporary Admission Document shall be issued, at the entry point, by the Deputy/Assistant Collector in whose territory the vehicle of enters. The Temporary Admission Document shall be granted only to Transport Operators and for vehicles that have been officially inspected and found to be in good working condition during the year preceding the issue of the Temporary Admission Document, and for which a Certificate of Conformity, or corresponding document, has been issued by the competent certifying body in the country where the vehicle is registered.
The motor vehicles registered in Afghanistan and temporarily brought into the Host Country territory shall carry a Temporary Admission Document (TAD). The Temporary Admission Document shall be valid for one vehicle at a time and only for the carrier to whom it was issued; it shall not be transferable to other carriers.
The period of validity of the Temporary Admission document shall not exceed thirty days from the date of issue. The details of vehicle (prime mover as well as detachable trailers) shall be mentioned in the Temporary Admission document. The TAD shall also mention the particulars of the bank guarantee or revolving bank guarantee or Carnet-de-Passage as and when it is operational.
The weight to be declared is the net weight of the vehicles. It shall be expressed in the metric system. The value to be declared shall be expressed in the currency of the country and US$ where the document is issued. The articles and tool-kit which form the normal equipment of vehicles need not to be declared specifically. The exit stamp entered in the Temporary Admission Document within the time period allowed shall have the effect of discharging the Temporary Admission Document and return of bank guarantee. The Temporary Admission Document shall specify period of validity of bank guarantee with a minimum of one year commencing from the date of issuance.
Motor vehicles admitted under the regime of this Protocol shall leave the Host Country territory within a period of thirty (30) days or as specified on the Temporary Admission Document, commencing from the date of their entry into the territory of the Host Country. The Contracting Parties (Pakistan or Afghanistan) also agree to grant temporary admission for maintenance and recovery vehicles.
Two types of transit Temporary Admission Document shall be issued as per procedure laid down: Temporary Admission Document for transit traffic rights for the goods imported or exported by sea for transportation, through the territories of Pakistan or Pakistan and Afghanistan. Secondly, Temporary Admission Document for transit rights, for the goods not imported or exported by sea, ie to go through the territory of the Afghanistan to pick up and deliver cargo to/from a third country provided both the countries have transport agreement with the third country, Afghan Transit Trade Rules 2011 added.
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