Pakistan Customs Manifest Has New Regulations

Korea Shipping recently announced that, according to the latest notification from Pakistan Customs, from April 1, 2022, for goods exported to various ports in Pakistan, detailed information such as the consignee’s and the notifying party’s importer’s tax number must be added to the manifest. .

In order to avoid problems such as failure of customs clearance by the consignee at the destination port and delay in delivery due to the lack of manifest contents, please be sure to complete the confirmation information of the bill of lading in strict accordance with the following requirements, otherwise all responsibilities and expenses arising therefrom shall be borne by the customer.

The specific requirements are as follows, and the following contents need to be entered in the address column of the consignee and the notifying party of the bill of lading:

1. Real and valid detailed company address

2. NTN (CNIC) number:

- The consignee is a company: the Pakistan National Tax Number (NTN) of the importer company

- The consignee is an individual: Individual National Identification Number (CNIC)

3. Contact number

4. Mailbox