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Pakistan: Amendments introduced as part of the Finance Act 2025

Announcement

26 Jun 2025

On 26 June 2025, the Pakistan government approved the Finance Act 2025.

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Number of interventions

5

3 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

2 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 Jul 2025

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 26 Jun 2025
Tax or social insurance relief In force
On 26 June 2025, the government of Pakistan, through the Finance Act 2025, reduced the customs duty on the imports of live fish, prawns, and shrimps and unmanufactured tobacco with effect from 1 July ...
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Announced: 26 Jun 2025
Import price benchmark In force
On 26 June 2025, the government of Pakistan, through the Finance Act 2025, decreased the de minimis for duty-free imports of goods via post or courier. The threshold has been reduced from PKR 5'000 (U...
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Announced: 26 Jun 2025
Import tariff In force
On 26 June 2025, the government of Pakistan approved the Finance Act 2025, increasing the customs duty on the imports of various goods. The amendments are effective from 1 July 2025.The affected goods...
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Implementation date

01 Jul 2025

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 26 Jun 2025
Import tariff In force
On 26 June 2025, the government of Pakistan, through the Finance Act 2025, reduced the customs duty on the imports of live fish, prawns, and shrimps and unmanufactured tobacco with effect from 1 July ...
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Announced: 26 Jun 2025
Import tariff In force
On 26 June 2025, the government of Pakistan approved the Finance Act 2025, reducing the customs duty on the imports of various goods. The intervention is effective from 1 July 2025.The Act reduces cus...
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