PESHAWAR: Due to negligence of the custom officers at Peshawar Dry Port, certain imported goods including cloths, electronics, cosmetics and computers are being mis-declared, causing losses to the national exchequer worth million of rupees.
Sources told Customs Today that several imported consignments of cloths were mis-declared to evade heavy custom duty because the custom valuation department has fixed custom rate of 4.40 $USD per kilogram on import of polyester while the custom valuation of imported cloth is $60 per kilogram. Mis-declarations are causing Rs 0.8 million loss per container to the national kitty.
The traders’ community of Peshawar, Samaryal and Lahore says that million of rupees losses are inflicted on the national exchequer due to mis-declarations at various dry ports of the country.
To block this trend of mis-declaration, they demanded the government scan and examine these consignments through Transit Pass in order to ensure uniform duty collection in all over the country.
