The Customs Collector (Export) has assured the leather garment exporters that the shipments within agreed valuation parameters will not be referred to the Price Check Committee (PCC) at the Air Freight Unit (AFU) at the Jinnah Terminal.
The assurance was given by Collector Javed Kazi to Pakistan Leather Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (Plgmea) Chairman Fawad Ijaz at a meeting.
The assurance was given on complaints from the leather garment exporters that a new Assistant Collector was raising objection on the valuation of leather items whose prices had already been agreed between the association and the Collectorate.
Consequently, he was referring shipments to the PCC and detaining fourth copy of the shipping bill, which is required by the exporters to file duty drawback claims.
Fawad Ijaz explained that the items were referred to the PCC without drawing samples, which was not a correct procedure.
In the absence of a sample, how the PCC would determine the price of a product, he argued.
The Export Collector directed the AFU staff not to refer leather garments with agreed valuation to the PCC and release the fourth copy detained on the basis of over-valuation.
Fawad Ijaz thanked the Collector for prompt action on the exporters' complaints and the facilitation provided to the exporters.