KARACHI: The Directorate of Reforms and Automation (R&A) has successfully launched the “Structure Description Module” countrywide for import of consignments across the country, it is learnt.
Sources informed Customs Today that the Directorate of Reforms and Automation has launched the Structure Description Module for import of the consignments through WeBOC (Web Based One Customs) automated system.
Elaborating on the module, the sources informed this scribe that the importer through this module would have to fill up a questionnaire pertaining to the imported consignments, their PCT headings, description and value.
Responding to a query, the sources disclosed that the module is currently working across the country and will certainly help in filling the correct and error-free goods declarations (GDs) through the automated system.
“The questionnaire in the form of Structure Description Module will help both sides – Customs authorities and traders – eliminate the dwell time,” a source said, adding that transparency into the clearance system would also be intact through automation.
Sources further said that Reforms and Automation Director Abdul Majid Yousufani had given a briefing to the FBR authorities before launching and upgrading the module.
Replying to another question, the sources said that the authorities concerned of R&A are fully determined to upgrade and automate the entire clearance system and more upgrading in various modules is expected through the automated system in the near future.
