KARACHI: Amjad Aman, Deputy Collector of Customs Exports Port Muhammad Bin Qasim filed comments in the Sindh High Court (SHC) and request the court for dismissal of constitutional petition filed by Mahnoor Food Industries on exportation of frozen foods and vegetables.
On 28 October 2021, during the hearing, above mentioned customs officer submitted comments and stated that there is no imbalance and infect through their mis-inter partition of the word “production value” as “declared invoice value”, the petitioner is trying to continue their mis-appropriation and mis-used the ratio of 80% exports of the manufacture goods (production)to the foreign continues and 20% exports to the tariff area in Pakistan, therefore, court may dismiss the petition.
After the hearing, took comments on record and directed other respondents to file their respective para wise comments for the next date of hearing.
Counsel for the petitioner argued that petitioner is engaged in the trade and exportation of frozen foods and vegetables. Petitioner is aggrieved through impugned circular dated Nov 13, 2020 for collection of impositions apropos 80.20 ratio as to exports aboard and removal of goods to tariff area on the basis of “customs assessed values” instead of “production value”.
Citing Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, Export Processing Zones Authority, Collector of Customs Exports Port Muhammad Bin Qasim as respondents, petitioner pleaded the court may declare that act of the respondents is illegal, mala fide and arbitrary and set aside impugned circular.
