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Pakistan: Restricted imports of "luxury and non-essential" permitted with a surcharge

Announcement

28 Jul 2022

The Economic Coordination Committee of Pakistan has withdrawn an import restriction on certain luxury and non-essential goods. Further, a surcharge was imposed for the clearance of these goods.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 Jul 2022

Revocation date:

31 Jul 2022

Announced: 28 Jul 2022
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On 28 July 2022, the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan permitted the clearance of consignments of certain "non-essential and luxury goods" that were imported in violation of an import restriction. Sinc...
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