ISLAMABAD: The Digital Tracking and Coding Association (DTCA) has given a detailed presentation to the FBR authorities and Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation, Inland Revenue, on a modern volume control, tracking and tracing and authentication system to detect and curb illicit tobacco trade in the country.
The DTCA is an entity formed by four major multinational tobacco companies to implement globally recognised standards to carry forward fight against illicit trade of tobacco.
On the occasion, the tax authorities were apprised that the system, known as Codentify, is a complex coding technology which guarantees tax verification and authentication tools to protect fiscal revenues. This technology also helps s authorities in tackling illegal business.
Once this system is applied, every single pack of the cigarettes will be provided with a unique code that will carry all the information required by the WHO Anti-Illicit Trade Protocol. Pakistan entered the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control back in 2004. This system will help in another important way that no paper will be wasted to keep producing tax stamps, while all the legitimate factories providing cigarettes to the Pakistani markets will be electronically linked and monitored by the FBR.
This specific code can’t be replicated and it will be generated during the production of every single pack, carton and shipping case. This system will help in constant tracking of the products all along the supply chain.
