Goods release method for ex-Fata, Pata residents.

ISLAMABAD -- The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has adopted a mechanism for the release of consignments of residents of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) at Karachi ports.

In this regard, a circular No. 9/2021 was released on Tuesday to sort out the issues of imported goods of Fata/Pata residents in a meeting of Chairman FBR Javed Ghani with member operations of Inland Revenue and customs.

As per agreed procedures, the Customs authorities will release stuck containers against postdated cheques and send to their destination - Fata and Pata - under standard tracker mechanism.

The Collector Customs (Enforcement and CompAliance) will issue detention orders for the raw materials effective from the day the consignment reaches the manufacturing premises of importers. The importer/manufacturer will be responsible to take the import documents along with the detention order to the concerned RTO PeshaAwar and make arrangements to have the manufacturing premises/raw material/machinery/goods...