ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the electronic monitoring of production and supply of sugar on November 23, 2023, a spokesman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said on Tuesday.
“PM will inaugurate the Track & Trace System (TTS) of FBR for sugar industry on November 23, 2021,” the spokesman said through a Tweet.
TTS will ensure electronic monitoring of manufacturing and sales of products of important sectors i.e tobacco, fertilizers, sugar and cement.
The FBR on November 11, 2021 taken a major step for electronic monitoring of sugar production and supply by banning the movement of sugar bags from mills.
The FBR banned the removal of sugar bags from mills without affixation of tax stamps / Unique Identification Marking (UIMs). The condition is applicable from November 11, 2021. The monitoring has been launched for sugar crushing season 2021/2022.
In this regard, the FBR issued Sales Tax General Order (STGO) No. 05 of 2021-2022.
The FBR said that sugar bags must have tax stamps, which are to be procured from FBR’s Licensee M/s. AJCL/MITAS/Authentix Consortium.
Previously, the FBR through a notification on February 26, 2019, issued rules for the implementation of the track and trace system. Further, in March 11, 2021 the revenue board issued a Sales Tax General Order (STGO) to notify that the monitoring system
According to the rules, all manufacturers of sugar products are warranted under the law to make necessary arrangements for importation of application and other equipment required for successful installation and implementation of track and trace systems at their production facilities.
The electronic monitoring would help the FBR to record the actual quantity of sugar production and utilization of raw material by the sugar millers.
By implementing the track and trace system, the FBR would get data of online monitoring from the sugar mills when they commence purchasing sugarcane from growers and start production of sugar products and subsequent selling to their dealers.
The FBR has planned online monitoring of production lines of five sectors, including tobacco products, beverages, sugar, fertilizer and cement.
