KARACHI: Directorate General, Customs Valuation, Director General Surriya Ahmed Butt, has decided to revise the Valuation Ruling No: 757/2015 on January 25, 2018, it is learnt here.\
According to the details, Director General Surriya Butt has said that the department is reviewing suggestions from importers to set new prices of halal chicken and turkey meat (frozen). She said that some valuations, which were issued in 2015, were being reviewed from the beginning.
Moreover, the valuations will be set in view of rising prices in the international markets. Sources told that a petition was submitted by the importers to the Customs Valuation in which change in the prices of halal chicken & Turkey meat ( frozen) was requested.
Sources told that the Valuation Ruling No: 757/2015 was issued on September 3, 2015. A meeting was held with the stakeholder’s on 19 December 2017.
Importers were told to furnish the import invoices of the last three months showing factual values as well as websites, names and e-mail addresses of known foreign manufacturers of the item in question through which the actual current value could be ascertained.