KARACHI: All the three Customs Collectorates of South Region have taken a number of measures to promote trade and enhance revenue collection.
These measures have been chalked out by the Collectorates of MCC-Appraisement (East), MCC-Appraisement (West) and MCC-Port Muhammad Bin Qasim with the consent of Chief Collector-Appraisement (South) Nasir Masroor Ahmed.
Under these measures, audit of WeBOC System has been initiated with the objective to remove hiccups to make it truly user/trade friendly. Likewise, various problems have been pinpointed in the system which has brought about tremendous improvement.
Similarly, special efforts have been undertaken to avert blockade of consignments/containers at the port/terminals and a well thought out strategy has been devised for the purpose. Under the strategy, officials of all the terminals have been taken on board and have been directed to ensure speedy grounding, de-sealing and arranging of containers besides additional space at port has been made available to accommodate maximum number of containers. Sundays and Eid holidays have also been declared as working days which has gone a long way in ensuring quick clearance of containers from the ports/terminals while undesirable marking of containers for examination has been discouraged.
As per details, GD filing before de-sealing of the container is not allowed, in the following cases: consignments imported as LCL cargo, goods to be cleared through off-dock terminals, TP consignments till the time those are received at the dry ports and duly acknowledged.
Arrangements have been made whereby necessary change shall be introduced in the system within next ten days in case of the above stated types of the consignments which would drastically reduce problems of the traders and would create tremendous convenience for them.
Similarly best possible seating arrangements have been made at all Collectorates for the visitors who come to three Collectorates of the South Region for any purpose.
Close interaction has been maintained with all the trade bodies including the KCCI with the objective to resolve their issues without any hassle. All the officers/officials have been directed to attend to taxpayers at personal level so that Customs Business pillars are strengthened.
Transparency and accountability within the organization in case of Appraisement Collectorates of South Region has been ensured by initiating disciplinary actions against delinquent officers/officials and sidelining those who do not facilitate the bonafide trade.
Active negotiations are underway with the Chinese government and their Customs authorities for developing of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) so that electronic verification of FTA certificate could be done meticulously no real time basis.
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