Pakistan-Azerbaijan Preferential Trade Agreement

34f GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND REVENUE (REVENUE DIVISION) Islamabad, the 13 December 2024. NOTIFICATION S.R.O. ;0 53 (1)/2024.- WHEREAS the imports into Pakistan from Azerbaijan are made in conformity with the Pakistan-Azerbaijan Preferential Trade Agreement Rules of Origin, 2024, made in pursuance of the Pakistan- Azerbaijan Preferential Trade Agreement executed between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Republic of Azerbaijan, read with Import Policy Order of the Government of Pakistan. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 18C and 19 of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), the Federal Government is pleased to exempt with effect from the 1611' day of December, 2024 the import into Pakistan from Azerbaijan of the goods specified in column (3) of the Table below falling under the headings and sub-headings of the First Schedule to the said Act, as specified in column (2) thereof, from so much of the customs duty (CD), additional customs duty (ACD) and regulatory duty (RD), as specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Act,1969 (IV of 1969) or as notified by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on the Is' day of July, 2022, as in excess of the rate specified respectively in columns (4), (5). (6), (7) and (8) of the said Table with effect from correspondence date thereof, in accordance with the said agreement: i3y Provided that where the rates of CD, ACD or RD as has been specified in columns (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) of the said Table are higher than the rates as specified in the First Schedule to the said Act or notified by the FBR, as the case may be, the lower rate of CD, ACD and RD shall apply, namely: - Table S. HS 2022 Description Basic Tariff Rate (%)* Tariff PTA No Reduction Duty 8 digit (CD) (ACD) (DD) Rate from Rate % (PK) % % % CD ( I) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) I 08022200 Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.): Shelled I 1 2 100% 2 7 08091000 Apricots 20 6 100% 6 1. J 13021200 Vegetable saps and extracts: Of liquorice 16 4 50% 12 4 24011000 Tobacco, not stemmed /striped I 1 2 100% 5 39011000 Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 3 2 - 100% 2 0.94 6 39012000 Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or 3 2 - 100% 2 more 7 39023000 Propylene copolymers 3 2 100% 2

8 73042900 Casing, tubing and drill pipe, of a kind used in 20 6 100% 6 . drilling for oil or gas: Other 9 74081100 Copper wire of refined copper: Of which the 11 2 50% 7.5 maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm [No. I /72/PT/2017] (Wajid Ali) Additional Secretary