ISLAMABAD: In an apparent effort to promote foreign tourist mobility, the government has allowed foreign visitors to temporarily import duty-free vehicles for three months.
At the same time, the government has also decided that the adjudicating authority would confiscate goods carried in commercial quantities under the Baggage Rules 2006. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued two different notifications, SROs 1649 and 1650 of 2024, to notify the proposed changes in the customs rules.
As per proposed amendments, a tourist will be given a delivery of a vehicle if they import it with a carnet-de-passage or a bank guarantee. The officer-in-charge of the customs station will make the delivery of entry without payment of duties for…