​1. Road Limitation

• There is no road Limitation for transportation of containers to/from port area.

2. Terminal Limitation

•  Non-working Days For 2023 (for Offices)
  • Kashmir Day (5th February)
  • Pakistan Day (23rd March)
  • Labour Day (1st May)
  • Independence Day (14th August)
  • Eidul-Ul-Fitr (22nd,23rd & 24th April) (R1) 
  • Eid-Ul-Azha (28th,29th & 30th June) (R1)
  • Eid-e-Miladunnabi (P.B.U.H) (29th September)
  • Qaid-e-Azam Birthday (25th December)   
• Non-working Days For 2023 (for Port Operation)
  • Eidul-Ul-Fitr (22nd,23rd & 24th April) (R1) (First day of EID Only)
  • Eid-Ul-Azha (28th,29th & 30th June) (R1) (First day of EID Only)

(R1) - subject to appearance of Moon.

3. Transshipment Restrictions

• No transshipment restriction and containers are required to be transshipped. T/P is obtained prior vessel arrival for smooth transshipment.

 4. Dangerous Cargo

• Imco CI:1 prior declaration to be made before berthing of vessel.
• Imco Cl:2-6, 8 and 9 will be discharge and drayed to DG shed by QICT for delivery.
• Class 7 will be discharged only after submission of NOC from Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), consignee must make arrangements to take delivery container immediately after discharging.
• CY of Class 1-4 and 7 will be delivered to consignee from QICTL free period of 3 days from the date of discharge.
• CY of Class 5,6,8 and 9 will be delivered to consignee from QICTL free period of 7 days from the date of discharge.
• At Karachi Port (KICT/PICT) Imco Cl:1 & 7 need prior permisson, other Imco class 2~6 & 8-9 are acceptable to discharge.

 

5. Customs Requirements

Following data is required to be declared in Customs 24 hours prior to vessel arrival:

• Bill of Lading Number
• Full name of Shipper, Consignee and Notify Party along with contact number
• Container/Seal Number
• Number of Packages/Nature of Packing/Commodity
• Gross/Nett Weight
• Marks and Numbers
• Freight Amount / Status of Delivery
• For vessels calling at KICT, Loading Transshipment Ports details should reach our office at least 3-4 days prior arrival of vessel and shipper to provide full details along with Invoice and Packing/Commodity for submission to Paces (Custom Care System).
• In case of Dangerous Cargo beside above data IMCO Class, UN No. Packing group also to be declared and approval obtained prior to loading.
  

1. All Shipping lines/ Shipping agents are directed to ensure the placement of a copy of packing list and invoice on the inner side of the door of container under Rule 389  of sub chapter I of chapter XVIII of the Customs Rules, 2001 in all import shipments destined for Pakistan Ports (Sea port/air ports/Dry ports), failure to which a penalty of Rs.5000/per container shall be imposed  on consignee under penal section 156 of the Customs Act, 1969 read with rule 391 of customs rules 2001, where the date of issuance of BLs is 25.06.2013 and onwards entering into customs area without such documents.
2. Custom documents (manifest) must be submitted 18 hours prior arrival of vessel at QICTL/KICTL / PICTL for all cargoes which are loaded or Transshipped.As such we require manifestation documents / B/Ls 48hours prior arrival of vessel at QICTL/KICTL/PICTL & no correction advice shall be implemented prior to 12hrs berthing of vessel.
3. Custom documents (manifest) must be submitted 12 hours prior arrival of vessel at QICTL/KICTL/PICTL for all cargoes which are loaded or Transshipped from Colombo / Jebel Ali / Nhava Sheva. As such we require manifestation documents & B/Ls 24 hours prior arrival of vessel at QICTL/KICTL/PICTL.
4. As per new rules Importer / Consignee must submit the Goods Declaration for filing in custom within 10 days after arrival. As such B/L image must show the complete address of Notify along with the Tel No. & Fax No. to timely send the arrival notices to consignee for immediate arrival information.Full name of Shipper, Consignee and Notify Party along with contact number.
5. All copies B/Ls must show the H.S.Code No. for goods/commodities to be manifested in Custom which must be provided by the shipper in SI.
6. For all the personal effect shipments it is mandatory to declare actual consignee name and address along with passport number as its PAK customs requirement.
7. Please note following are the Pakistan Local Custom requirement at our end which are to be complied for all Import shipments into Pakistan 
    
   a) H.S.Code must be shown on description of B/L to declare correctly in Pakistan Custom manifest.
    
   b) Breakdown of net weight must be mentioned in B/L image enable correctly declare in Import Customs manifest.

In case of violation of above 2 & 3 new regulations authorities may impose penalty against Carrier/Agent container will not be discharged from the vessel at QICTL/KICTL/PICTL kept ROB if above not adhered.

Also please note Original or Copies of Commercial Invoices & Packing list must be placed into the container.

6.   Seal Discrepancy Penalty Charge Against Carrier

Please note that the incidence of import units being discharged without seals or strip seals (only bullet seals are acceptable) is increasing and therefore  terminal can impose penalty of US$ 100 per seal which would be charged from the Carrier, following would be in place with immediate effect :-

• The Duty Officer would be informed of those units discharged without seals and signature would be taken by the vessel supervisor from the duty  officer of the vessel.
• We would affix new seal and an exception report would be sent to all shipping lines.
• Please note terminal can charge us up to US$ 100 for Rusty seals/ Strip & Without Seals per container 

7.   Pakistan Custom Requirement of H.S.Code and Net Weight

Please note following are the Pakistan Local Custom requirement at our end which are to be complied for all Import shipments into Pakistan
 
1) H.S.Code must be shown on description of B/L to declare correctly in Pakistan Custom manifest.
 
2) Breakdown of net weight must be mentioned in B/L image enable correctly declare in Import Customs manifest as under.
a) Customs can't accept the GW = NW except the commodity like Cars or Scrap which haven't package.
b) POL must show net weight on B/L image i/o B/L description. (Click show Net weight on formatting).


8.   Pakistan New OB Doc regulatory Requirement to work  
       with NVO

As per attached Circular# 02  (Dated 14th April 2010) issued by the State Bank of Pakistan, following new rule has been implemented in Pakistan and accordingly Carriers can continue the business with Freight Forwarder ( NVO) and issue the Original Master B/L to local NVO ( Freight Forwarder) under the following conditions for all Export shipments Ex Pakistan to all destinations regardless of the commodity and freight term.

1) Shipper Column
     Name of Freight forwarder O/B Shipper name ( Exporter)
2) Consignee Column
     Name of corresponding counterpart of Freight Forwarder (NVO)
3) Notify Column
     Name of corresponding counterpart of Freight Forwarder (NVO)
4)For FCL/FCL , CY/CY business Original Master B/L will be issued to local Freight Forwarder and Cargo must be released at destination against
   presentation of Original MBL . Therefore Telex Release and Seaway B/L are not allowed at all under above mention 1,2 &3 clauses.
   For LCL shipments cargo will be released against presentation of duly endorsed House B/L by the Freight Forwarder ( NVO) at destinations.
5) Carrier can mention the following  on the body of MBL.
     i) Goods Description as usual
    ii) E-Form# with date as usual
   iii) Corresponding House B/L# issued against Carrier MBL
   iv) Actual Importer Name at destination
6) Carrier's Master BL will not be surrendered at Origin in Pakistan under no circumstances by the Freight Forwarder / Shipping Agent / Principal
instead it must be presented by the Overseas Freight Forwarder to Carrier for cargo delivery at destination.

FE CIRCULAR SBP

9. Commodity Restrictions

BOOKING OF RELIEF GOODS / FOREIGN AIDS FOR PAKISTAN DESTINATIONS IN THE NAME OF FLOOD VICTIMS

Please note due to massive flood in Pakistan, we expect that Relief Goods ( IDP Cargoes) are being arranged by the Govt. of other regions and various NGO's into Pakistan towards the local Govt Authorities and local NGO's. Would like to share in view of past experiences that Relief Goods / IDP cargoes are not cleared in time and the concern parties ( Consignees in the name of Govt Bodies & NGO's) do not have sufficient funds to settle the local charges to Carrier resulted possible loss of revenue and equipment.

Therefore all regions are required to provide the complete details of Consignee in Pakistan  enable OPPL to check and investigate with the Customer before accepting the booking for Pakistan destinations with regards to Cargo having Relief Goods / Foreign AID etc for victims of massive flood.

Please seek approval prior issuance of booking to any Charity Organization or Government Department cargo.   

Please seek approval prior issuance of booking to any customer for commodity Bullet Proof Vest/Used clothing/Used Items.

Also do not accept any type of Scrap/low value cargo/Betel Nuts.

10. New Custom Requirement of Agent address in B/L image

Please note we have been informed by the Custom Officials that various Consignees lodged the complain that they do not find the agent name and address in the Carrier Original B/L.Therefore all Carriers has been notified by the Custom Authorities to mention the agent address in Original B/L.

All POL’s are therefore requested to please mention below name and address anywhere in the B/L image for all Karachi inbound shipments to avoid any further complain.

11.General Notice 

“This is to inform that in future our CPX service might be shifted from terminal Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT) to South Asia Pakistan Terminal (SAPT), and therefore we have forecasted a potential error in future which we can eliminate simply by not allowing customers at POL to mention KICT as POD/FND on BL images, instead please advise customers to use POD & FND as Karachi or Keamari Karachi.”

 12. Measures to be taken regarding smuggling prone items imported by Afghanistan in transit through Pakistan

SRO 1397(1)2023.pdf

13. Customs Notification Risk Management System(RMS)

Custom Notification (SRO 1395).pdf​