KARACHI: The Directorate of Reforms and Automation is going to evolve a plan in order to connect the date of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and other national organizations with Pakistan Customs through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Sources in Pakistan Customs-FBR informed Customs Today that the Web Based One Customs (WeBOC), computerised system has introduced the facility of using EDI for facilitating the trade.
They further told this scribe that the Directorate of Reforms and Automation has completely connected all sea-ports including Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT), Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT), Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Port Muhammad Bin Qasim and all off-dock terminals including AICT, BOML, Pak Shaheen and others with EDI by April, 2014.
Responding to a query, sources further said that the upgradation of modules in transit trade will take three to six months due to the complex information in transit trade modules.
They further said that the Pakistan Customs-FBR is going to hold meetings with port authorities at regular intervals in order to decide EDI codes.
