MULTAN: Customs Adjudication has issued order to release the seized foreign automobile parts on the charge of misdeclared quantity and value of the imported goods upon payment of redemption fine of 35 percent of the CIF.
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Multan Range office has intercepted a loaded container of Bilal Automobiles from Multan on dated 18/3/2015 and seized it on the basis of differential duty taxes with case no 99/2015. The consignment of auto parts included genuine air filters of assorted models of Honda and Toyota, which were cleared from the Muhammad bin Qasim Port.
The seized consignment also included body parts of vehicles, including hood, trunks, gutters and panels. The seized consignments were of Japanese, Thailand and Chinese origin, and their destination was Lahore.
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Multan Range office has intercepted a loaded container of Bilal Automobiles from Multan on dated 18/3/2015 and seized it on the basis of differential duty taxes. The consignment of auto parts included genuine air filters of assorted models of Honda and Toyota, which were cleared from the Muhammad bin Qasim Port.
The consignment of auto parts included genuine air filters of assorted models of Honda and Toyota, which were cleared from the Muhammad bin Qasim Port. After seizing consignment of Bilal Automobiles, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Multan found during investigation that the Customs duty assessed by Port Qasim staff at the time of clearance of auto parts was Rs 1.120 million through mis-declaration of goods with the deliberate assistance of Customs staff at the Muhammad bin Qasim Port Karachi. During the investigation Rs 3.173 million Customs duty assessed by the Multan dry Port authorities.
Additional Collector of Customs Adjudication gave the verdict after the willingness of owner to pay duty and taxes evaded on the seized goods, which clearly leads to the admission of charges. It was mention in the ONO that owner was failed to disagree the proofs as envisaged in Section 187. The charges against the importer for under payment of duty taxes were established in the provided evidences of the case. Customs Adjudication has gave an option to the importer under section 181 of the SRO 499(I) for the release of their seized goods after payment of 35 percent Customs duty of their seized goods .
Customs Adjudication have also released the seized vehicle TLJ 131 along with loaded goods after the payment of 20% fine equal to the value of the truck under Section 181.
The difference found in the assessment of differential customs duty by the detecting agency of Customs Intelligence and Investigation at the time of investigation owing was almost 2.053 million.
After the detection of wrong assessment of duty by Port Qasim staff, Customs Intelligence lodged a case against the staff, including Port Muhammad bin Qasim Examiner Syed Hammad, Appraiser Imtiaz Hussain Khan and Principal Appraiser Safdar Abbas.
In the light of ONO, the concerned department may constitute a committee to ascertain concrete evidences against them and then action may be taken under E&D rules 1973 which in the proper law to be proceeded against three accused.
Due to the intentional negligence of three member staff, they were suspended from their duty and are facing a case along with departmental inquiry against them.
