KARACHI: Customs has detected huge evasion of anti-dumping duty on import of tiles from China while mis-declaring the name of supplier.
Collector Appraisement East Ashad Jawad formed a team comprising Principal Appraiser Hamood-ur-Rehman, Preventive Officer Malak Hashim to investigate the case.
Collector Port Qasim Saeed Akram nominated Additional Collector Yasin Murtaza, Principal Appraiser Shahid Rizvi and Appraising Officer Aamir to expedite proceedings while Collector Appraisement West Shahnaz Maqbool nominated Additional Collector Sadia Sheraz to probe the case.
The shipments of tiles are routed from Dubai and the elements involved in the crime switched Bill of Lading declaring the name of supplier on which the anti-dumping duty is lowest. The rate of anti dumping duty is 5.21 percent on M/s Huida Sanitary Ware Company Limited and 6.82 percent on M/s Foshan Hexichuangzhan Ceramics Company Limited. In this case these companies are showing total ignorance about such large shipments.
Customs authorities initiated scrutiny of I-Forms (import forms) and it was revealed that payments against the tile imports were made to the suppliers having highest rate i.e. 59.18 percent of anti-dumping while in the Bills of Lading the suppliers were declared to be those having lowest rate of anti-dumping duty.
It may be mentioned here that certain importers have approached the Court challenging imposition of the anti-dumping duty. Meanwhile, Lahore high court has suspended the imposition of the anti-dumping duty.
