The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a new procedure for thecustoms officials, Frontier Constabulary (FC), and terminal operators tomonitor and check cross-border movement of vehicles carrying goods,specifically Afghan Transit Trade items, through Border Customs Stations.

FBR has issued S.R.O. 03 (1)/2021 to make draft amendments in the CustomsRules, 2001 here on Friday.

As per new procedure, the cross-border officer [customs officer] shallrecord the confirmation of export in the system, after physically verifyingexport cargo at the terminal/station exit gate, and shall generate systembased three copies of “Cross-border authorization” to be collected at thezero-line by the officials of Customs, FC and terminal operator,respectively, to ensure cross border of the vehicle and cargo.——————————

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Every day in the morning, Customs, FC, and terminal operator shallreconcile all the import manifests of the incoming vehicles of the previousday with a system-generated list that goods declarations (GD) have beenfiled for all incoming vehicles.

In case, goods declaration (GD) is not filed within forty-eight hours ofthe arrival of the vehicle, the reasons may be ascertained by the Customsfor late filing of ID, including verification of the location of thevehicle inside the custom station or terminal.

At the end of the day, all cross-border authorizations collected by customsauthorities as well as the FC and the terminal operator shall bere-reconciled to ensure that all the requisite transport units, which wereissued gate-passes, have crossed the border.

The daily imports and exports statements reconciled jointly shall becounter-signed by the concerned Assistant Collector or Deputy Collector ofthe Enforcement Collectorates.