Industry fears, law on container weight verification could bring cargo chaos   Delivery services, freight forwarders, and vessel stations immediately want to start considerations over the facts of carrying out the new negotiations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on vessel weights. That was one of the main decision of International Cargo Handling Coordination Association […]

A study published by Pitad Pakistan says, imported used vehicles are killing Pakistan’s local car industry and there is a serious need to make long-term policies to save the local industry.   The Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development (Pitad) has published a study on the situation of local car industry in Pakistan. In the […]

Input Output Co-efficient Organization temporarily stops determining the drawbacks of regulatory duties on trade till the budget 2015-2016   Federal Board of Revenue of Pakistan (FBR) has sent a request to the authorities at Input Output Co-efficient Organisation (IOCO) to temporarily halt the process of determining the drawbacks of increase in regulatory duties on exports […]

A proposed 15 percent regulatory duty on hot-rolled steel imports in Pakistan is likely to get approved   Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sanctioned a proposal of Ministry of Production and Industries to increase the regulatory duty on imports of hot-rolled steel products and pipes. However, the Ministry has also suggested a fix […]