Tag: Import

Indian exporters to lose $1.9bn after withdrawing Pakistan’s MFN status

ISLAMABAD: Businessmen Panel Secretary General of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Ahmad Jawad has said the attempt of Indian government to withdraw the Most Favoured...

PTA starts blocking smuggled phones, Senate body calls for extension in...

--40% mobile phones imported through grey channels, Senate standing committee told   ISLAMABAD: Senate's Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications Chairperson Rubina Khalid on Wednesday...

Customs intelligence blames MoFA for illegal import of luxury vehicles

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has issued illegal exemption certificates to the dignitaries of the ruling family of Qatar for importing luxury...

NAB initiates inquiry against Rs32bln laundering in import of solar panels

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched an inquiry into money laundering of Rs32 billion allegedly carried out in one year under solar import due...

FPCCI expects Iran to allow import of kinnow, potato from Pakistan

Iranian envoy calls for facilitating banking transactions to improve trade   Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) Vice President and Regional Chairman Riaz...

Govt likely to cut taxes on high tech tractors and agri-machinery...

    The government is likely to announce reduction in taxes and duties on the import of high tech agriculture machinery, equipment, and tractors in the...

Senate body for stopping import of cotton lint from India via...

    The Senate’s Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research (NFSR) has stressed on the need to immediately stop the import of cotton lint...

ECC allows procurement of 7 million tons of wheat

    The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) approved on Monday procurement of 7.05 million tons of wheat by the provinces and PASCO till...

‘Middlemen to take benefit if private sector allowed to import urea’

  Former FPCCI Standing Committee chairman Ahmad Jawad has emphasised that the decision to allow the import of urea by the private sector would open...

China shows interest in importing more rice from Pakistan

  China has shown an interest in increasing rice imports from Pakistan, provided it meets specified import formula quarantine standard. China welcomes Pakistan rice exporters, said...

India’s state cotton purchases to plummet as Pakistan raises imports

Pakistan's overall cotton imports are seen climbing to at least 4m bales in the year that started on Aug 1, from 1.2m bales in...

Australia offers to sell LNG to Pakistan

  Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ms. Margaret Adamson has offered Pakistan to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from her county to manage the demand...

Jute millers worried about ban on export by Bangladesh

  Pakistan Jute Mills Association (PJMA) has asked the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Suraj Vaidya to intervene immediately to resolve the crisis...

Overcoming electricity shortage through LNG imports

Interview with Engro Vopak Terminal and Elengy Terminal CEO Syed Mohammad Ali The federal government is considering converting its inoperative electricity generation plants running on...

Tax foreign steel products if you want more revenue from local...

Rs 17b may be lost in revenue due to flooding of low quality finished steel products Under the current economic conditions, the steel industry in...

PSMA asks FBR to tax foreign steel in local industry’s favour

Pakistan Steel Melters Association (PSMA) has asked FBR to levy Regulatory Duty (RD), sales tax or Special Cess on imported steel products to balance the steel industry and not leave local industry at a cost disadvantage.

Middle East CCC to enhance manpower import from Pak

A delegation of Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), a leading engineering and construction company of Middle East, visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) along with former ICCI vice president Muhammad Ishtiaq Qureshi and assured that CCC would try to enhance manpower import from Pakistan for its various projects in Middle East.