GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

NOTIFICATION

Islamabad, the 1st July, 1991

CUSTOMS

                        S.R.O.604(I)/91.-  In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Finance Act, 1991 (XII of 1991), the Federal Government is pleased to exempt the goods specified in the table below from the whole of the Export Development Surcharge leviable thereon, namely:-

 

TABLE

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1.                     Bona fide baggage of the crew or the passengers of any out-going vessel or conveyance.

 

2.                     Goods constituting the stores or equipment of any outgoing vessel or conveyance.

 

3.                     Any goods transshipped at a port in Pakistan after having been manifested for such transhipment at the time of despatch from a port outside Pakistan.

 

4.                     Goods consigned under a procedure prescribed for regulating transit traffic.

 

5.                     Goods exported under a procedure prescribed for regulating trade between border areas of Pakistan and those of the adjacent territories.

 

6.                     Any stores or equipment when sold abroad on Government to Government basis and exported under an export licence issued  by the Director of Pakistan (Army) or by any other officer authorized by the Ministry of Defence.

 

7.                     Bona fide samples provided that -

 

                        (a)                   the FOB value of such samples does not exceed the limit prescribed by  the Ministry of Commerce;

 

                        (b)                   the samples are supplied free of charge; and

 

                        (c)                   the cosigner is a registered exporter under the Registration (Importers and Exporters) Order, 1992, or has been exempted from registration thereunder.

 

8.                     Gift parcels of value not exceeding Rs. 500 each.

 

9.                     Goods exported to and from the Export Processing Zone.

 

10.                  Relief goods sent as aid for those affected by natural disaste or catastrophe.

 

11.                  Goods sent abroad for repair and renovation or calibration.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        M. MUBEEN AHSAN

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Additional Secretary

[C.No.4(1)/91-CB]