The Board will authorize the Directorate General of Transit Trade, Karachi to manage all Container/Cargo Scanners for meaningful utilization

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN (REVENUE DIVISION) FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE ****** Islamabad, the 14th July, 2022. NOTIFICATION (CUSTOMS) S.R.0.101700/2022.- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3E and 4 of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969) read with section 3AA thereof, the Federal Board of Revenue is pleased to direct that the following further amendments shall be made in its Notification No. S.R.O. 609(1)/2020, dated the 7th July, 2020, namely:- In the aforesaid Notification, in the Table, in column (1), against S.No. 1, in column (3), after entry No. (xiii), the following new entry shall be added namely:- "(xiv) Establishment of Customs Integrated Scanning System through use of latest technology: and in this regard, the Directorate shall, inter cilia, perform the following functions, namely; planning and managing all matters relating to the establishment of customs integrated scanning system; getting control rooms integrated with the scanners installed at any port, terminal or custom station in the country and are used or intended to be used for Customs procedure of Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII); operations and maintenance of all Customs scanners installed or to be installed under any project such as RCA, PRRP, ITTMS etc.; all matters relating to the training of the Custom officers in the field of Image analysis or interpretation; planning and establishing the central and local control rooms, wherever needed, and all matters including financial, human resource management etc. for meeting operational requirements of control rooms; (0 assisting the collectorates and the directorates through NII by interpreting, analyzing and reporting upon scanned images of containers or cargo relating to import, export, transit, transshipment

a or any other stream of cargo with the help of trained image analysts working at respective control rooms; providing solutions to secure the integrity of bonded cargo being transported from point A to point B, by matching in system the scanned images taken at both points; and working as designated focal point for providing Customs input and requirements relating to existing as well as planned scanners for installation at any custom station s, whether these scanners are already procured or to be procured by Federal Board of Revenue or Government of Pakistan or any international organization or donor agency." [File No.1(91T&BT/2020/Sr.No. 11] (Najeeb Arjumand) Secretary T&BT