KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement-East has managed to increase its share of revenue by 10 percent in the last 14 months.
Officials told Customs Today that MCC of Appraisement-East Karachi in July 2013 enjoyed a healthy 32 percent share in revenue which has now increased to 42 percent. The increase in share could be attributed to the preference of importers to make Appraisement-West their preferred point of unloading for a number of reasons.
The increase has come at the cost of MCC of Appraisement-West, the mother collectorate out of which MCC of Appraisement East was carved out last year. Nevertheless, MCC of Appraisement-East’s gain is MCC of Appraisement-West’s loss.
The major reasons for the rising of MCC of Appraisement East, which has jurisdiction over on-dock Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) and off-dock Pak Shaheen and NLC terminals and all bulk shipments handled at East Wharf. The increase could also be attributed to a host of other reasons: an open-door policy to facilitate importers actively; an efficient complaint-solving mechanism; a 25 percent increase in PICT examination staff; an increase in container traffic; and transferring officers of bad repute
