GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN

MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS,

STATISTICS & REVENUE

REVENUE DIVISION

****

Islamabad, the 18th  June, 2001.

 

Rescinded vide SRO 489(I)/2004 dated 12.06.2004

 

NOTIFICATION

( Sales Tax )

 

S.R.O. 389(I)/2001.-  In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1A) and clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, the Federal Government is pleased to direct that there shall be charged, levied and paid sales tax at the rate of twenty per cent of the value of the goods, imported or supplied, specified in column (2)  of the Table below and falling under heading numbers or sub-heading numbers of the First Schedule to the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), specified in column (3) of the said Table,-

 

TABLE

 

S. No.
Description
Heading Nos. of the First Schedule to the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969)

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

Inedible tallow

1502.0000

1A.

Import of soya beans, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1201.0000

1B.

Import of linseed, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1204.0000

1C.

Import of canola seeds, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1205.0000

1D.

Import of rapeseed, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1205.0000

1E.

Import of low erucic acid or colza seeds, and its subsequent supply.

1205.1000

1F.

Import of other Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1205.9000

1G.

Import of sunflower seeds, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1206.0000

1H.

Import of palm nuts and kernels, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1207.1000

1I.

Import of cotton seeds, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1207.2000

1J.

Import of castor oil seeds, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1207.3000

1K.

Import of sesamum seeds, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1207.4000

1L.

Import of mustard seeds, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1207.5000

1M.

Import of safflower seeds, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1207.6000

1N.

Import of other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken, and its subsequent supply.

1207.9900

2

Palm stearin

1511.9010

2A

Import of soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, other than in retail packing

15.07

2B

Import of ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, other than in retail packing

15.08

2C

Import of palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, other than in retail packing

15.11

2D

Import of sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, other than in retail packing

15.12

2E

Import of coconut (copra) palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, other than in retail packing

15.13

2F

Import of rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions, thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, other than in retail packing

15.14

2G

Import of other fixed vegetable oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, other than in retail packing

15.15

2H

Import of vegetable oil and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, interesterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, other than in retail packing

15.16

2I

Import of edible mixtures or preparations of vegetable oils or of fractions of different oils of Chapter 15, other than edible oils or their fractions of heading 15.16, other than in retail packing

15.17

2J

Import of vegetable oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 15.16, other than in retail packing

15.18

2K

Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal vegetable waxes

1522

3

Asbestos

2524.0000

3A

Talc

2526.1010 2526.2000

4

Xylole

2707.3000

5

Other Aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils/250 oC by the astm d 86 method.

2707.5000

6

Other oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar, similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents

2707.9990

6A

Solvent Oil (Non-composite)

2710.1150

7

Petroleum jelly

2712.1000

7A.

Omitted

Omitted

7B.

Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals.

2811

7C.

Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium.

2815

8

Iron oxides and hydroxides

2821.1010

2821.1020

9

Titanium oxides

2823.1010

2823.1020

10

Other chlorates

2829.1910

2829.1990

11

Other sodium sulphides

2830.1000

12

Dithionites and sulphoxylates of sodium

2831.1010

2831.1090

13

Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates).

2833

14

Phosphinates (hyopophosphites), phosphonates (phosphates) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined.

2835

15

Disodium carbonate (Soda ash)

2836.2000

16

Sodium hydrogen carbonate( sodium bicarbonate)

2836.3000

16A

Calcium Carbonate

2836.5000

17

Barium carbonate

2836.6000

18

Borates; peroxoborates (perborates).

2840

19

Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea

2847.0000

20

Carbides of Calcium whether or not chemically defined

2849.1000

21

Other acrylic hydrocarbons

2901.1090

22

Toluene

2902.3000

23

O-xylene

2902.4100

24

Styrene

2902.5000

25

Halogenated derivatives, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.

2903

26

Omitted

27

Omitted

28

Omitted

29

Methanol (methyl alcohol)

2905.1100

30

Propan-1-ol (propyl alcohol)  and   propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol)

2905.1210

2905.1220

31

Butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol)

2905.1300

32

Octanol (Octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof

2905.1600

33

Ethylene glycol (ethanediol) (MEG)

2905.3100

34

Propylene glycol (propane-1,2-diol)

2905.3200

35

Pentaerythritol

2905.4200

35A

Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivative.

2906

36

Phenol (hydroxybenzene and its salts)

2907.1100

37

Methyl tertiary butyle ether (mtbe)

2909.1910

38

2, 2'-Oxydiethanon (Diethylene glycol, digol)

2909.4100

39

Monomethyl ethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol

2909.4200

40

Ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

2909.5000

40A

Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde.

2912

41

Butanone (methyl ethyl ketone)

2914.1200

42

Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.

2915

43

Omitted

44

Omitted

45

Omitted

46

Omitted

47

Omitted

48

Omitted

49

Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.

2916

50

Omitted

51

Omitted

51A

Maleic Anhydride

2917.1400

52

Phthalic anhydride

2917.3500

53

Pure terephthalic acid (PTA)

2917.3610

54

Citric acid

2918.1400

55

Aniline derivatives and their salts

2921.4200

56

Other aromatic monoamines and their derivatives; salts thereof

2921.4900

57

o-,m-,p-phenylene-diamine, diamino-toluenes, and their derivatives; salts thereof

2921.5100

58

Oxygen-function amino-compounds.

2922

59

Omitted

60

Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid

2924

61

Nitrile-function compounds

2926

62

Isocyanates

2929.1000

63

Organo-sulphur compounds.

2930

64

Omitted

65

6-Hexa-nelactam (epsilon-(caprolactam)

2933.7100

65A

Melamine 99.8 percent pure

2933.6100

66

Wattle extract

3201.2000

67

Synthetic organic tanning substances

3202.1000

68

Disperse dyes and preparations based thereon

3204.1100

69

Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon

3204.1200

70

Basic dyes and preparations based thereon

3204.1300

71

Direct dyes and preparations based thereon

3204.1400

72

Indigo blue

3204.1510

73

Vat dyes (including those usable in that state as pigments) and preparation based thereon

3204.1590

74

Reactive dyes and preparations based thereon

3204.1600

75

Pigments and preparations based thereon

3204.1700

76

Other synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon as specified in note 3 to chapter 32 of Pakistan Custom Tariff, including mixtures of colouring matter of two or more of the subheadings No. 3204.11 to 3204.19

3204.1910

3204.1990

77

Synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents

3204.2000

78

Preparations as specified in note 3 to chapter 32 of Pakistan Custom Tariff based on synthetic colouring matter and preparation based thereon

3204.9000

79

Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide containing 80% or more by weight of  titanium dioxide calculated on the dry weight

3206.1100

80

Chrome yellow

3206.2010

81

Lithopone

3206.4210

82

Other colouring matter and other preparations

3206.4900

83

Glass frit

3207.4010

84

Prepared driers

3211.0000

85

Other pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints (including enamels); dyes and other coloring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale

3212.9010

3212.9020

3212.9090

86

Other printing inks

3215.1900

87

Sulphonic acid (soft)

3402.1110

88

Other anionic organic surface-active agents

3402.1190

89

Non-ionic organic surface-active agents

3402.1300

90

CAPB

3402.1910

91

Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70% or more by weight of petroleum oils obtained from bituminous minerals.

3403

92

Omitted

93

Omitted

94

Other artificial waxes and prepared waxes

3404.9090

95

Casein

3501.1000

96

Other enzymes and prepared enzymes

3507.9000

97

Activated carbon

3802.1000

98

Other activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black

3802.9000

99

Rosin  and resin acids

3806.1000

100

Preparations of a kind used in the Textile or like industries not elsewhere specified or included

3809.9100

101

Preparations of a kind used in the leather  or like industries not elsewhere specified or included

3809.9300

102

Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics

3812.3000

103

Organic composite solvents and thinner not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers

3814.0000

103A

Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included.

3815

104

Mixed alkylbenzenes

3817.0000

105

Stearic acid

3823.1100

106

Palm fatty acid distillate

3823.1910

107

Palm acid oil

3823.1920

108

Other industrial monocarboxylic acids; acid oils from refining

3823.1990

109

Sorbitol other than that of sub-heading No. 2905.44 

3824.6000

110

Gum base of a kind used for manufacturer of chewing gum

3824.9010

111

Other chemical products and preparations not elsewhere specified or included; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included

3824.9091

3824.9099

3825.4100

3825.4900

3825.5000

3825.6100

3825.6900

3825.9000

112

Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94

3901.1000

113

Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more

3901.2000

114

Ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers

3901.3000

115

Other polymers of ethylene, in primary forms

3901.9000

116

Poly propylene

3902.1000

117

Poly-isobutylene

3902.2000

118

Propylene copolymers

3902.3000

119

Polystyrene expansible

3903.1100

120

Other polystyrene

3903.1900

121

Polyvinyl chloride , not mixed with any other substances

3904.1000

122

Other polyvinyl chloride, plasticised

3904.2200

123

Polyvinyl acetate (PVA) in aqueous dispersion

3905.1200

124

Polyvinyl alcohol, whether or not containing unhydrolysed acetate groups

3905.3000

125

Copolymers of vinyl acetate and other vinyl esters

3905.9100

126

Other polymers of vinyl acetate or of other vinyl polymers

3905.9910

3905.9990

126A

Acrylic polymers in primary forms.

3906

127

Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms.

3907

128

Omitted

129

Omitted

130

Omitted

Omitted

131

Omitted

132

Other poly amides

3908.9000

133

Urea formaldelyde moulding compound

3909.1010

134

Melamine resins

3909.2000

135

Phenolic resins

3909.4000

136

Polyurethanes

3909.5000

137

Silicones

3910.0000

138

Other polysulphides, polysulphones, and other products specified in note 3 to this chapter 39, not elsewhere specified or included

3911.9000

139

Cellulose nitrates (including collodions)

3912.2010

3912.2090

140

Carboxy-methyl cellulose and its salts

3912.3100

141

Other cellulose ethers

3912.3900

142

Alginic acids, its salts and esters

3913.1000

143

Ion-exchangers based on polymers of headings Nos. 39.01 to 39.13, in primary forms

3914.0010

3914.0020

144

Waste, parings and scrap of ploymers of vinyl chloride

3915.3000

145

Other waste, parings and scrap, of plastics

3915.9000

146

Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip of plastics, in rolls not exceeding 20 cm

3919.1000

147

Other self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics inrolls of width exceeding 20 cm

3919.9000

148

Other plates sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials.

3920

149

Omitted

150

Omitted

151

Omitted

152

Omitted

153

Omitted

154

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics (excluding formica sheets).

3921

155

Omitted

156

Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip.

 

4001

157

Omitted

158

Latex of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR); carboxylated styrene butadiene rubber (XSBR)

4002.1100

159

Other styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR); carboxylated styrene butadiene rubber (XSBR)

4002.2000

160

Isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR)

4002.3100

161

Other chloroprene (chlorobutadiene) rubber (CR)

4002.4900

162

Other acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR)

4002.5900

163

Latex of other synthetic rubber

4002.9100

164

Waste, parings and scrap of rubber (other than hard rubber) and powders and granules obtained therefrom

4004.0000

165

Vulcanised rubber thread and cord

4007.0000

166

Mechanical wood pulp

4701.0000

167

Coniferous unbleached (chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades)

4703.1100

168

Coniferous semi-bleached or bleached (chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades)

4703.2100

169

Non-coniferous semi-bleached or bleached (chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades)

4704.2900

170

Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard.

4707

171

Omitted

172

Un-bleached other kraft paper and paper board weighing 150g/m   or less.

4804.3100

172A

Plain decor paper 100 – 120 grams.

4805.9100

173

Other paper, paperboard, celloulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres

4811.9000

174

Other yarn, single untwisted or with a twist not exceeding 50 turns per metre of nylon or other polyamides

5402.4100

175

Other yarn, single untwisted or with a twist not exceeding 50 turns per metre of polyesters, other

5402.4300

176

Elastomeric yarn of polyurethane

5402.4910

177

Single yarn of viscose rayon, untwisted or with a twist not exceeding 120 turns per metre

5403.3100

178

Single yarn of cuprammonium rayon

5403.3910

179

Synthetic monofilament of 67 decitex or more and of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm

5404.1000

180

Acrylic or modacrylic synthetic filament tow

5501.3000

181

Other artificial filament tow

5502.0090

182

Synthetic staple fibre, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning of  polyesters

5503.2000

183

Acrylic or modacrylic staple fibre

5503.3000

184

Artificial staple fibres not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning of viscose rayon

5504.1000

184A

Acrylic Tops

5506.3000

185

Non-wovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated of man made filament weighing not more than 25 g/m2

5603.1100

186

Non-wovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated of man made filament weighing more than 25 g/m2   but not more than 70 g/m2

5603.1200

 

187

Other non-wovens whether or not coated, covered or laminated weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2

5603.9200

188

Pig Iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary form

72.01

189

Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms; iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms.

72.03

190

Ferrous waste and scrap; re-melting scrap ingots of iron or steel.

72.04

191

Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading No.72.03).

72.06

192

Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel.

72.07

193

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated.

72.08

194

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width 600 mm or more, cold rolled (cold- reduced), not clad, plated or coated

7 2.09

195

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated.

72.10

196

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plated or coated.

72.11

197

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, clad, plated or coated.

72.12

198

Iron and steel scrap of a kind used for re-rolling

Respective headings and

199

Unwrought refined lead

7801.1000

200

Zinc slugs for dry battery cell containers

7907.0010

201

Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up

89.08

 

 

Amended vide  SRO 634(I)/2001 dated 07.09.2001

Amended vide  SRO 79(I)/2002 dated 02.02.2002

Amended vide  SRO 348(I)/2002 dated 15.06.2002

Amended vide  SRO 510(I)/2003 dated 07.06.2003

Amended vide  SRO 590(I)/2003 dated 18.06.2003 

Amended vide  SRO 888(I)/2003 dated 05.09.2003

Amended vide  SRO 1070(I)/2003 dated 25.11.2003