ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has proposed to re-export within two months the luxury vehicles that were seized by Customs Intelligence during a raid on Redco Textile Mill owned by former senator Saifur Rehman. In its submitted reply to Customs (Adjudication), MoFA stated that Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) code 9905 allowed duty-free imports for personal effects and vehicles for the projects undertaken by the dignitaries listed in PCT 9905. MoFA issues exemption certificates for duty-free imports of personal effects and vehicles of the listed dignitaries, however, the ministry does not mention PCT code in the exemption certificate. It is worth mentioning here that the issue of Qatar vehicles surfaced in September 2018 when Customs Intelligence seized more than 20 luxury vehicles from Redco Textile Mill situated in the outskirts of Islamabad. Customs Intelligence director general, on the other hand, told Pakistan Today that MoFA had only proposed to re-export but the procedure to do so was not clear.

Source: Pakistan Today January 12, 2019 16:52 UTC