SRO 9365(I)/2001

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS **** Islamabad, the 29th January, 2001. Temp SRO. No. 9365(I)/2001 NOTIFICATION (CUSTOMS) S.R.O. (I)/2001.- In exercise of the powers conferred under section 19 of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), the Federal Government is pleased to exempt the agriculture machinery and equipment, not manufactured locally, as specified in the Table below if imported by the companies or corporate bodies other than corporate or registered agriculture companies for the activities specified below, from so much of the customs-duty, as is in excess of ten per cent ad valorem leviable under the First Schedule to the said Act. Activities of Agriculture. Land development/reclamation of barren, desert and hilly land for agriculture purpose and crops farming, reclamation of water front areas or creeks, crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers farming/integrated agriculture, (cultivation and processing of crops); modernization and development of irrigation facilities and water management, plantation, forestry and horticulture, dairy, small ruminants (sheet, goat) and all other livestock farming and breeding. TABLE Category Equipment (A) Land development, leveling and clearing machinery and equipment. (i) Laser land leveling equipment. (ii) Hydraulically driven land leveler/land planer; (iii) Survey equipment (Theodohite etc); (iv) Stone collector wind power capacity 1.5-2.5 m; and (v) Bulldozer pulled soil scrapper capacity 20-25 m3. (B) Tillage and planting equipment (i) Para plow sub-soiler (with vibratory mechanism); (ii) Rotary tiller/weedier (above 90 HP); (iii) Flame weedier; (iv) Vegetable seedling transplants, and (v) Paddy seeding raising equipment. (C) Fertilizer, plant protection equipment. (i) Slurry Spreaders; (ii) Manure spreader/compost shredder; (iii) Self propelled sprayers/air assisted sprayers, (excluding manual type spray); (iv) Power knapsack/mist blower sprayer; (v) Herbicides applicators with working pressure above 40 psi) (vi) Granular applicators (vii) Spray nozzles assembly; and (viii) Spray pumps (gear and diaphragm type); (D) High efficiency irrigation and Drainage equipment. (i) Sprinkler including high and low pressure (center pivota) system and conventional

(ii) Drip/trickle irrigation equipment/mint irrigation sprinkler system; (iii) Dredger/excavator/dragline equipment/back hoe trenchers (iv) Tile drain laying equipment; (v) Direct power rotary drilling rigs; (vi) Tractor mounted rotary ditcher (excluding tractor); and (vii) Tractor mounted chain trencher (excluding tractor). (E) Harvesting and threshing machinery (i) Combine harvester - 90 HP & above (wheat, paddy, corn, sunflower, soyabean, gram pulses millet, groundnut, repressed mustard, canola). (ii) Straw balers; (iii) Food mowers; (iv) Forage choppers; (v) Sugarcane harvester; (vi) Potato digger harvester; (vii) Cotton picker; (viii) Onion and garlic harvester; (ix) Stock pullers cum shredder; (x) Flail mower; (xi) Fodder rakes; (xii) Forage wagon; (xiii) Fruit Harvesters; (xiv) Rotary slushier; and (xv) Pruner machinery; (F) Post-harvest handling and processing machinery. (i) Mobile/stationary seed processing units; (ii) Vegetables and fruits cleaning and sorting/grading equipment; and (iii) Fodder and feed cube maker equipment. (G) Dairy or livestock machinery/Miscellaneous. (i) Milking machines; (ii) Sheer machinery; (iii) Slurry digester; (iv) Solar heating equipment; (v) Green houses/G.H. equipment; and (vi) Veterinary equipment. (H) Seeding and planting equipment. (i) Potato planer; (ii) Rice transplanter; (iii) Canola/sunflower drill; and (iv) Sugarcane planter (I) Harvesting thrashing and storage equipment. (i) Groundnut digger; and (ii) Sugar Harvester. C.No.I(4)Mach/98-Pt.) (Dr. Manzoor Ahmad) Additional Secretary