The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Thursday issued procedure for sealing and desealing of cargo containers meant for transshipment, transit, safe transportation and export including transit of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) cargo.
The FBR has superseded CGO No.4 of 2007 through a customs general order (CGO) 3 of 2020 issued here on Thursday.
The sealing/de-sealing functions of the containers at places i.e custom dry ports, custom border stations, off-dock terminals and export processing zones, wherein, the staff of the Directorate of Transit Trade is not posted will be performed by the staff of the respective Enforcement & Compliance/Composite customs Collectorate of jurisdiction, FBR said.
For transit cargo, the FBR has explained procedure for sealing at focal points (entry) of containers transported by road for transit. In this regard, the FBR has notified procedure for de-sealing at focal point (exit) of transit trade cargo containers carried by road transport for Peshawar-Torkham, Ghulam Khan, Wahga, Chaman,Taftan & Sust/khunjerab.
For ISAF cargo, the FBR has prescribed sealing & desealing of ISAF containers at entry and exit points.
The procedure as followed for the TT cargo shall be applicable for sealing and de-sealing of lSAF cargo with modifications. The containers will be sealed with Customs machine readable seal at Karachi by PCCSS after representative of ISAF has inspected, verified and confirmed that the B/L seals/other seals are intact. Sealing will be done in presence of authorized agent.
The routes shall be specified by the PCCSS, and any different route or time taken en route will be informed to Incharge PCCSS by the ISAF
representative. The Private companies authorised by the Board to carry ISAF cargo in addition to NLC will have their Transport Units registered with PCCSS and the Directorate of Transit Trade, Karachi.
The unloading from Pakistani Transport Unit and loading on Afghan
Transport Unit/authorized units will be done at Peshawar/Quetta dry port. In case unloading is done at the respective terminals of the private carriers, the Incharge PCCSS FP Peshawar/Quetta will coordinate with the FP, carriers and ISAF officials and depute PCCSS staff to these terminals for checking of seals. Officials of ISAF/ American Consulate will check their own seals and may affix another seal of their own for their checking at Beghrem Base, FBR said.
All containerized cargo which is transshipped, in transit or for export is to be sealed. However, in case of large machinery and awkward loads wherein the seals cannot be applied, the decision will be taken by Incharge Focal Point based on the level of risk in transshipment of such cargo. The Incharge Focal Points will also decide if photographs are to be taken and sent to Incharge PCCSS. In such case the Form-A will not carry a seal number, but will mention reasons of not sealing the cargo and whether a photograph of the load/cargo has been sent bye-mail, FBR added.
According to the FBR, detailed procedure has been prescribed for sealing at focal points (entry) of trans-shipment containers transported by road and dry port export cargo containers. This procedure shall also apply to inter-port and inter-wharf movement of goods in containers at Karachi Port and Port Qasim.
The FBR has also issued procedure for sealing at focal points (entry) for transshipment containers and dry port export cargo containers transported by Pakistan railways.
The Customs Agent/carrier will lodge the TP application/declaration in the Customer Facilitation Centre / Transshipment Section of concerned Directorate of Transit Trade or electronically. After getting the delivery of the container, the Customs Agent/carrier will load the container on the Railways rolling stock/flat bed unit.
The FBR has issued a separate procedures for sealing at focal points (entry) of export containers at gateway seaport/dryport and procedure at focal points (exit) for export containers sealed at gateway seaport.
In case of safe transportation, the FBR has prescribed sealing at focal points (entry) of containers under safe transportation scheme.
The Customs Agent/carrier will lodge the ST application in the Customer Facilitation Center or electronically, indicating location of the container.
After getting delivery of the container, the Customs Agent carrier will load the container on the listed Transport Unit for scanning, wherever applicable.
After scanning, the Transport Unit will move to the designated PCCSS Focal Point Entry where the PCCSS officer will enter the ST number in the computer for verifying the container number and enter the Transport Unit No, FBR added.
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