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Customs or Import duty for Flash apparatus – flashcube or flashbulb to Pakistan

The Customs or Import duty for Flash apparatus – flashcube or flashbulb to Pakistan is classified under Cameras, Audio & Video(cdf categories).

The HSCODE applied for Flash apparatus – flashcube or flashbulb is 90-6-69-0-0

The tax is applied on the total sum of item cost, insurance cost and shipment cost.

The custom/import taxes are:

General duty is 5%

The average VAT rate applicable in Pakistan is 0.17

Note: If the special tariff rate is NULL then general duty is applicable.

The other taxes applicable are:

Excise duty

Import regulatory duty

To know more information on which tariff rate is applicable from the country you are importing to, look here

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Calculation method:

Customs Duties or Import duty and taxes will be pending and need to be cleared while importing goods into whether by a private individual or a commercial entity.

The valuation method is CIF.

Below table provide the Duty and Sales tax for Pakistan :

Duty Rates Average Duty Rate Sales Tax(GST) Threshold on goods
0% to 100% (Some electronic goods are duty free) 20.67% ST=17%
VAT = ST * (CIF + Duty+ other taxes)
No threshold for imports
  • Excise duty is applicable on some goods such as alcohol and tobacco products. ad valorem will be applied and calculated on the (CIF + Duty) or charged per unit of measure.
  • Import regulatory duty is applied at rate between 5% and 50% 9Some specific products) calculated on the CIF value.

As part of budgetary measures for the year 2007-08, Special FED at 1% has been levied on goods which are manufactured or are imported in . This duty is in addition to FED as prescribed in First Schedule of the Federal Excise Act, 2005. For list of goods excluded from purview of this special duty and other details see SRO 655(I)/2007.

More information on excise duties would be available in :Excise duties

Prohibited Items:

  • All items offensive to the Muslim culture or sensitive to the Middle East security situation are prohibited. These include pork products, religious publications/figures, imitation firearms/paraphernalia, military uniforms. Any item made or produced in India, Israel, are prohibited
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Antiques
  • Asbestos
  • Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
  • Furs
  • Gambling devices
  • Invoices, blank
  • Ivory
  • Passports
  • Pornography
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