Business community demands further improvements in WeBOC.

Islamabad -- Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with Directorate (Reforms and Automation), Customs Karachi organized an awareness session on WeBOC for its members.

Hina Gul, Deputy Director, Directorate of (A and R), Customs Karachi gave a detailed presentation to the participants on the key features of WeBOC. Arshad Hussain, Senior Manager PRAL was also present at the occasion.

Speaking at the occasion, she said that WeBOC was providing good facilitation to the importers/exporters by reducing time and cost (24/7 online payment). She said that WeBOC was ensuring transparency and preventing fraudulent transactions and was a right step towards development of National Single Window. She said that WeBOC was ensuring immediate settlement of revenue receipt in treasury accounts and would contribute positively towards promoting digital ecosystem in Pakistan.

Talking about the coverage of WeBOC, she said that it was covering 95 percent transactions at seaports, 87 percent at dry ports, 93 percent at airports and 65 percent at land border stations. She said that if any importer or exporter faced any problems from WeBOC, the Customs Collector of concerned area should be contacted for seeking redress instead of approaching PRAL or Directorate (A and R) Karachi.

Arshad Hussain, Senior Manager PRAL briefed the participants about the role of his organization...