The government is considering new policies about imports of used cars among overseas Pakistanis to harmonize personal baggage scheme and gift schemes with the new five-year commercial import policy, which is to be implemented on October 1, 2025.
Jawad Paul, Secretary to the Commerce informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce that vehicles over five years old will have duties of 40 percent imposed on them which is expected to decline by 10 percent per year. He said that the personal baggage scheme and the schemes of giving gifts could be combined but there will be no combination of the transfer-of-residence scheme.
The committee members, Usama Ahmed Mela and Gul Asghar Khan sought information on used car imports and electric cars with respect to how they may affect the foreign exchange reserves of the country. A delegation of importers traveled by Hassan Danji and demanded that the Engineering Development Board (EDB) be not involved in commercial activities of importation and it should remain the domain of the Ministry of Commerce.
They also suggested the decrease of 40 percent duty and forge a working group of officials to draw up a more favourable policy. The Secretary Commerce asserted that matters related to auto sector is under Ministry of Industries, and his ministry already has a heavy workload.
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Standing Committee Chairman Jawed Hanif Khan has concurred sending the matter with recommendations to the National Assembly standing committee on Industries and Production.
To sum up, the new set of regulations issued by the government to overseas Pakistanis are meant to facilitate the importation of used cars without infringing the fiscal as well as commercial concerns of the government.
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