ISLAMABAD: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Peshawar unearthed 4806 bags (5420 metric ton) of sugar export fraud. Customs I&I seized the all 4806 bags of sugar from a warehouse situated at Ring road, Peshawar.
According to details, six sugar mills including M/s Chaudhary Sugar Mills Limited, M/s The Thal Industry Corporation Limited, M/s Bawany Sugar Mills Limited, M/s Hunza Sugar Mills Limited, M/s Ashraf Sugar Mills Limited, M/s JDW Sugar Mills are involved in this export fraud. The above mentioned mills made fake export of 4806 bags sugar to Afghanistan through 18 fake GDs in a bid and earned the benefit of export in the form of subsidy and to avert, at same time, cost of export in the form of export development surcharge at 0.25% and withholding tax at 1% of the value of sugar exported. But they earned subsidy of Rs10 per kg of the sugar exported.
Sources of Customs I&I told Customs Today that the words “For export to Afghanistan” were mentioned on the seized sugar bags. These sugar bags allegedly meant to export to Afghanistan were recovered and seized from an unauthorized place after the deadline of their export to Afghanistan had passed. Customs I&I charged that all six sugar mills had cleverly stored the sugar with a view to sell it later in the local market.
To earn the benefits of export and to avoid the cost of export alleged sugar mills colluded with Shayan international, customs clearing agency, M/s Ibrar customs agency Torkham, Abdul Aziz Khan, Daud Shah, Nawab Khan (PRAL staff ) of Customs station Torkham. These staff members and agencies helped make fake Goods Declarations (GDs) and submitted these fake GDs in the PRAL system.
