KARACHI: Chief Collector Appraisement South Abdul Rasheed Sheikh has tasked Deputy Customs Collector Appraisement West Ghulam Nabi Kamboh to investigate the scam of import of viscose blended fabric import by various importers, particularly M/s AMI Pakistan (Private) Limited.
The Customs Appraisement West registered some 13 FIRs against several accused for importing viscose blended fabric and mis-declaring port of shipment as China instead of UAE with ulterior motive. Those nominated in the FIRs included Usman Jawad of M/s R Usman Enterprises, Faiz Ahmed of M/s Famitex, Abdul Jabbar of M/s Rose Impex, M/s AMI Pakistan (Private) Limited and Sharjeel Jamal of M/s U Trade Logistics (Private) Limited.
M/s R Usman Enterprises imported nine consignments declared to contain viscose blended fabric and polyester shirting fabric from China and got them cleared through M/s U Trade Logistics (Private) Limited. While, M/s Famitex imported three consignments declared to contain textile grey fabric and textile shirting fabric and got them cleared through M/s U Trade Logistics.
M/s Rose Impex imported a consignment declared to contain textile grey fabric and got it cleared by M/s U Trade Logistics. The bills of lading of the goods declaration had the name of shipper as “Ziang Niong Corporation, Ningbo, China and port of loading as China.
Meanwhile, an information was received in Customs Appraisement West to the effect that the above named accused importers with the active connivance of freight forwarder M/s AMI Pakistan (Privte) Limited and clearing agent M/s U Trade Logistics have been involved in the clearance of the goods by mis-declaring the vital information with regard to the shipper’s name, port of loading, whereas, the goods were actually shipped by M/s AMI, Middle East LLC, Dubai UAE, in the name of M/s AMI Pakistan, Karachi as consignee and port of loading as Dubai, UAE.
According to sources, the DC has gathered all the relevant documents and the responsibility of the crime would soon be fixed.
