KARACHI: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation has revised the customs value of glass tubing of a kind used for the manufacturing of ampoules through Valuation Ruling No 1013/2017 under Section 25A of the Customs Act, 1969.
According to the details, Customs Appraisement West has issued a guideline for assessment of glass tube of a kind used for the manufacturing of ampoules. This guideline was issued on a complaint by local manufacturers of glass tubes. Earlier, some clearance cases were provisionally assessed and the goods declarations were forwarded to the Directorate General.
This office not only issued valuation advice in the relevant cases but at the same time issued valuation database values vide DG/VDB/REF/77/2016-V/9880 No.77 on November 16, 2016 for uniform application of rules across the country.
Certain importers agitated against VDB letter and requested for formal valuation ruling in the subject item. Consequently it was deemed expedient to issue a valuation ruling of the subject goods after taking all stakeholders on board.
A stakeholders meeting was held on 10-01-2017. The importers were requested to furnish invoices of imports made during last three months showing factual value.
Websites, names and E-mail addresses of known foreign manufacturers of the item in question through which the actual current value can be ascertained.
Copies of Contracts made / LCs opened during the last three months showing the value of item in question.
Copies of sales tax invoices issued during last four months showing the difference in price (excluding duty and taxes) to substantiate that the benefit of difference in price is passed on to the local buyers.
During the course of meeting importers asserted that the subject product is not a consumer item therefore aspersions of mis-declaration of value are uncalled for. They also stated that there are no high fluctuations of value in the market and only few manufacturers produce this item in China and that there is only one manufacturer in Germany which produce top quality glass tubing.
They claimed that their declarations are correct. Importers also stated that quality of Chinese glass tube is as per approved standards of USP and that they do not have any quality problems from Chinese glass tubing. They pleaded that their declarations may be accepted and that they are ready /to supply goods at their declared prices. On the contrary, local manufacturer took a point of view. They claimed that glass tubing of a kind used for the manufacture of ampoules is not an ordinary glass but specialty glass. As the injections are contained in these ampoules, therefore, it is very important and essential that the glass is non-reactive and non-corrosive.
