Pakistan Customs has rolled out a flagship project, ‘Clearance in the Sky,’at Model Customs Collectorate (MCC), Jinnah International Airport (JIAP)Karachi. The pre-arrival clearance facility will reduce the customsclearance time from hours to a few minutes.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Saifuddin Junejo, Chief Collector CustomsEnforcement, said that three importers are currently benefiting from thepre-arrival clearance facility in the first phase, and the number will beextended to 10 in the coming days. He noted that the facility would helptimely customs clearance of the shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine.——————————
The Chief Collector said that the project team is studying the readiness oftrade to adopt the pre-arrival clearance requirements before its roll-outat other national airports.
He noted that the ‘Clearance in the Sky’ will be a turnaround for theleading sectors of the economy. Adding that the initiative wouldsignificantly benefit the manufacturers and exporters, as the industrialraw materials of low values would also be pre-arrival customs cleared,bringing down their inventory maintenance costs while improving theirsupply chain management.——————————
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Giving a detailed briefing through an electronic presentation, CollectorCustoms, Irfan-ur-Rehman, said that ‘Customs Clearance in the Sky’ allowstraders to file the cargo manifest immediately after the take-off of theflight from the origin. It enables the customs clearing agents to filetheir goods declarations to the customs, which are checked through the riskmanagement system. An electronic message on the release status is sent tothe traders while the goods are still in the air.
