Car stuck in Customs clearance for over 30 days on Lahore NLC dry port

[leeban]

My JDM car is stuck in customs clearance for past 30 days on Lahore NLC dry port at Thokar Niaz Beg. According to the agent everyone is facing same issue and no cars got clearance in past 25 days. As per the agent the FBR added a requirement of IBAN due to which the delay happened.
If your car cleared customs in Lahore in past month please share how much delay you faced or if you are also facing long delays and what is the reason?

[pwuser158313981495]

Hello same issue. My car prius was reached at karachi port on 20 september. My duty was paid from philipines. There is no iban in philipines. Still no revision from FBR or custom more than 300 cars at karachi port

[capsat]

without trace of money landing into Pakistan clearance of vehicles from customs will be next level task.

tactics implied by car smugglers are closely followed by the law enforcement. Money laundering is a crime and may result in serious penalties plus imprisonment.

read this

do you have any hands-on detail about vehicles stuck on port since 1.5months+? what would be their fate? will they be cleared? as it is said that over 77 countries including Japan usa do not use iban coding. what do you say?

[asifali0842]

Yes exactly that is the thing that there are alot of countries that donot posses IBAN. And this policy should be implemented on new imports rather than those who have already imported and waiting for clearance.

[capsat]

please read carefully

Pakistan is member of Commonwealth group. IBAN is mandatory inter-banking code across commonwealth member countries.

All Scheduled Banks operating under State Bank of Pakistan regulations allocate an IBAN number to every account; business or personal.

in order to streamline Vehicle import process under 3 schemes, the Pakistan customs require proof of foreign funds transfer to a bank in Pakistan by the expat. Whose name & passport is used for any of above 3 schemes.

Without proof of transfer to a Pakistani bank account as in provision of IBAN number of beneficiary,

FBR will not allow the customs clearance of vehicles.

in nut shell - provide IBAN number of local Pakistani bank from which customs duty & taxes bank draft is processed., vehicle will be cleared pushed out from port gate in under 72 hours

[asifali0842]

Here is an update

Hurdle in Car import for Overseas Pakistanis Removed!

Originally published at: https://www.pakwheels.com/blog/hurdle-in-car-import-for-overseas-pakistanis-removed/ The federal government has removed a major hurdle in the import of car for overseas Pakistanis. According to a notification by the Ministry of Commerce, the government has ended the condition of International Bank Account Number (IBAN). Now the OSPs can import a car under gift scheme, transfer of residence and personal baggage, without giving IBAN number for the import. Car Import…

[capsat]

The notification clearly state:

" The name & Personal Account number of the Sender and the Name of Bank from where the remittance is originated "

this line is more then enough to neutralize the money laundering. The scheme is for expats and their kin / siblings.

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