SRO 505(I)/1995

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (CENTRAL BOARD OF REVENUE) Islamabad,the 14th June,1995 NOTIFICATION (CUSTOMS) S.R.O.505(I)/95.- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 19 of the Customs Act,1969 (IV of 1969), and in supersession of this Ministry's Notification No.S.R.O.505(I)/94, dated the 9th June,1994, the Federal Government is pleased to exempt materials, components, modules and sub-assemblies, as are not manufactured locally if imported for the manufacture of electronic equipments and systems specified in the Table-I below from so much of the customs duties leviable under the First Schedule to the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), as are in excess of the rates respectively specified in Table-II, subject to the following conditions, namely:- (i) The components are in such knocked down condition as is approved by the Government in case of each specified electronic equipment and system; (ii) the manufacturer has suitable in-house facilities to manufacture the goods in respect of which he claims exemption under this notification; (iii) the manufacturer shall furnish to Chief, Survey and Rebate, Central Board of Revenue, or any officer authorized in this behalf, in the prescribed form, the list of goods that he is manufacturing or intends to manufacture alongwith the details of materials, components, modules and sub-assemblies required alongwith recommendation of the Ministry of Science and Technology, or an officer authorized by the said Ministry and the Chief or such authorized officer in consultation with the Collector of Customs or Collector of Central Excise and or Sales tax, will certify the annual capacity of the unit for the manufacture of such goods and total requirements of various types of materials, components, modules and sub-assemblies alongwith the quantity required for the manufacture of each equipment and system; (iv) the manufactirer, at the time of import of materials, components, modules and sub-assemblies shall make a written declaration on the bill of entry to the effect that the inputs have been imported in accordance with his entitlement in terms of condition (iii); (v) the manufacturer shall furnish to the Collector of Customs bank guarantee or indemnity bond alongwith post-dated cheque equivalent to the amount of customs duty and sales tax exempted under this notification in respect of each consignment of materials, components, modules and sub-assemblies to the satisfaction of the Collector of Customs; (vi) the manufacturer shall maintain record of the inputs and goods manufactured out of them in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Board of Revenue; (vii) the manufacturer shall, within one year of the dae of filing of bill of entry for home consumption relating to materials, components, modules and sub-assemblies apply to the Collector of Customs for discharging the Bond. The application shall be supported by a certificate, in the Form-I set out below, issued by the Assistant Collector Customs and Central Excise within whose jurisdiction the manufacturing unit is located or an officer specially authorized by the Central Board of Revenue for this purpose; and (viii) in case the Assistant Collector of Central Excise is not satisfied regarding the consumption of imported raw materials, sub- components and components or use of locally produced deleted components, he shall report his findings to the Collector ofCustoms concerned who shall initiate proceedings for encashment of bank guarantee or post dated cheque and penal action for making false declaration. TABLE - I S.NO. Description. (A) Electronic Test Equipment. 1. Frequency counters. 2. Logic analyzers. 3. Network analyzers. 4. RF power meter. 5. Spectrum analyzers. 6. Data acquisition cards. 7. Automatic control equipment. 8. Oscilloscopes. 9. Digital/analogue multimeters. 10. Automated test Jigs. 11. Multiplexing equipment. 12. Pen recorder and plotters. (B) Communication Equipment. 1. Fax machine. 2. Paging systems/multiplexing equipments. 3. Electronic exchanges, PABXs/digital switching equipments. 4. Optical communication systems and devices. 5. Anteenas. 6. Cordless phones. 7. Telephone metering systems. 8. Transmitters. 9. Receivers. 10. Transceivers. 11. Telex machine and telex cards. 12. Telephone sets. 13. Telecommunication equipments. (C) Medical Electronics. 1. Gulcometer. 2. Electronic diagnostic medical equipment(including ECG,EEG, Ultrasound equipment, X rays, EMG Audiometers). 3. Electronic therapeutic medical equipment(including electrosurgery, electrotherapy, diathermy electronically resuscitator/respiration equipment, heart pacer, infrared lamps, and defibrillator). 4. Electronic monitoring medical equipment(including BP monitors, beat rate monitoring,temperature respiration meters and osculation system). 5. Electro medical laboratory equipment/misc. medical equipment (cell counter, acid-base analyzers, spectrometers, centrifuges, blood gas analyzers, operating theater lights, ultraviolet lamps and electronically controlled autoclaves). 6. Blood Pressure measurement equipment. 7. Heart rate temperature measurement. (D) Defence Electronics. 1. Radar, all tyes. 2. Electronics locating equipment. 3. Electronic warfare equipment. 4. Secrecy equipment. 5. Artillery computer. 6. Beacons. 7. LORAN 8. SHOR. (E) Industrial Electronics. 1. Precision motors. 2. Transducers/sensors/actuators. 3. process controllers/monitors. 4. Electronic counter/timer. 5. Servos and synchros. 6. Automatic control equipment. 7. Testing and quality control equipment for industry. 8. Micro Controller for industrial process control. S.NO. Description. (F) Space Electronics. 1. Up/down converters. 2. Voice packet switch/multiplexer. 3. Voice compression unit. 4. Modulators/Demodulator. 5. Digital microwave radio system. 6. Carrier and digital circuit, multiplexing equipment. 7. Coder/Encoders. (G) Microwave Equipment and System. 1. Micarowave guides. 2. Microwave transmission and reception equipment. 3. Microwave amplifiers. 4. Klystron. (H) Power Electronic Equipments. 1. High frequency furnaces. 2. Static relays. 3. Motor speed controllers. 4. Uninterruptable power supplies. 5. Inverters AC to DC or DC to AC. 6. Power supply(all types). 7. Controlled rectifiers. 8. Stablizers up to 10 KVA for the sophisticated equipment. (I) Optronics equipments. 1. Opto-electronic devices. 2. Image intensifiers/night vision devices. 3. Laser devices (all types including solid state, gaseous and liquid lasers etc). 4. Optical fibres. 5. Infrared communication systems. 6. Laser range finders. 7. Image intensification tubes. (J) Office Equipments. 1. Computer power supply modules. 2. Mother board. 3. Computer monitors(Mono, CGA, VGA, SVGA). 4. Central processing units. 5. Modem. 6. Disk drive unit. 7. Key board. 8. Computers printers. 9. Plotters. 10. Calculators. 11. Photocopying machines. 12. Electronic typewriters/word processors. (K) Other Electronic Component/Equipments. 1. Audio head. 2. Video head. 3. Microphones. 4. Controlled rectifiers(thyristor, triac etc). 5. Thermistors. 6. Power supplies modules. S.NO. Description. 7. Capacitor/condensers. 8. Electronic dispalys(including LE), LCD, Neonetic). 9. Tick/thin film hybrid module. 10. Microprocessors. 11. Diodes. 12. Transistors. 13. Thyristors and triacs. 14. Trimmers. 15. Resistors (all types). 16. Inductor (all types) 17. Potentiometer. 18. Ferrite. 19. Integrated circuits/customized chips. 20. Semiconductor chips. 21. Memories. 22. Printed circuit boards. 23. Tanners. 24. Electromagnetic devices(diodes, transistor, resistors etc). 25. Television sets, Video Cassette Players, Video cassette Recorders and Radio sets; 26. Compressors for refrigerators, air conditioners and deepfreezers. 27. Pattern generators. 28. Decibel meters. 29. Signal generators. (L) Miscellaneous components/Sub-Assemblies. 1. Fly back transformers. 2. Deflection yoke for TV and computer monitors. 3. Batteries rechargeable (Ni-Cd, Lithium etc). 4. T.V. picture tubes(colour, black and white). 5. R.F. convertoers. 6. Speakers. 7. Micrometers and precision servomotonu. 8. Small transformers. 9. Copper clad board. 10. Solar cell batteries. 11. Solar energy equipment. 12. Crystalline material wafers. 13. Amorphous silicon coated webs. 14. Solar cell panels. 15. Solar cells/solar cell modules. 15A. Cathode ray tube LED and LCD. 15B. Fractional electric motors. 16 Anay other item approved by the Central Board of Revenue. TABLE -II S.No. Description of Inputs Rate of duty (1) (2) (3) 1. Materials and components. 10% 2. Components 15% 3. Modules and sub-assemblies 25% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation:- (1) Vendors or manufacturers manufacturing components of goods mentioned in Table-I for in-house use or sale, as the case may be , shall be entitled for import of materials and components as are not manufactured locally at concessionary rates under this notification subject to fulfilment of conditions. They shall maintain record of the sale of the manufactured components, modules and sub-assemblies in the Form-II set out below and shall produce, on demand, such record and other evidence of sales as may be required for inspection by an officer of customs not below the rank of Assistant Collector of customs in whose jurisdication the manaufacturing unit is located or any other officer authorized by the Central Board of Revenue in this behalf. (2) For the purposes of this notification the expression "not manufactured locally" shall mean the goods which are not included in the list of locally manufactured goods, specified in the General Order, issued by the Central Board of Revenue. FORM-I Certificate No.__________________ Dated______________________ It is certified that the materials, components, modules and sub-assemblies imported by_______________________________ (Name of the manaufacturer /vendor) under Notification No.S.R.O.__________ dated______________ and released vide bill of entry No._____________ dated _______ have been used for the manufacture of ___________________ in accordance with the scale laid down by the Chief, Survey and Rebate vide certificate No.______ dated ___________. I am also satisfied that all the deleted components, modules and sub-assemblies have been manufactured locally. Assistant Collector Name and official stamp FORM-II Register of sale of components or modules and sub-assemblies manufactured from materials and components imported under Notification No. S.R.O._______________ dated ____________________. Sr.No. Name and address Date of sale Components sold Quantity No. and date of the of buyer consumption certificate. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) ( Riaz Husain Naqvi ) Additional Secretary [C.No.6(17)/93-CB] As amended S.R.O.541(I)/95, - dated 18.06.1995 S.R.O.660(I)/95, - dated 06.07.1995 S.R.O.1069(I)/95, - dated 31.10.1995 S.R.O.227(I)/96, - dated 04.04.1996 S.R.O.429(I)/96, - dated 13.06.1996 S.R.O.213(I)/97, - dated 28.03.1997 S.R.O.324(I)/97, - dated 09.05.1997 S.R.O.547(I)/98 - dated 12.06.1998. S.R.O.709(I)/99, - dated 12.06.1999