They said the APTTA sub-group would meet in Karachi on Monday and Tuesday to address Afghanistan’s reservations.
Officials from FBR, customs department and commerce ministry will attend the meeting. The Afghan side will be represented by an eight-member delegation headed by Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce Director General (International Trade) Muzammil Shinwari.
According to documents available with The Express Tribune, the meeting will focus on the reservations that Afghanistan has expressed over the FBR’s notification of June 13 and finalise recommendations to be sent to the finance ministry.
The documents say the issue of the inability of Pakistan Railways to assist in the transportation of Afghan transit trade consignments will also be discussed in the meeting. Afghan officials have told Pakistani authorities that PR doesn’t have the expertise to transport containers of Afghan transit trade.
The sources said Pakistan had agreed to the shipment of Afghan transit trade containers through bonded carriers under the customs escort. The final decision in this regard will be announced in the meeting.
They said Afghanistan had also demanded that the transit time under A and B categories of temporary admission documents should be increased from 15 to 30 days. They added the proposal would come under discussion in the meeting.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 24th, 2011.
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ATT is a major cause of smuggling and tax evasion in Pakistan.
There should be numeric upper threshold on the quantity of goods that can be allowed under ATT based on fair usage of such goods in Afghanistan.