The Pakistani importers may now directly receive shipping documents from the Afghani exporters and get the goods cleared after attachment of Goods Declaration (s) with EIF, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said here on Monday.
Once the importer gets the contract registered and ElF approved with the bank for multiple shipments, the importers shall not be required to approach the bank again and again for approval of EIF, it added.
In order to address the difficulties and to facilitate traders of the above regions, the procedure for registration of contracts and payments has been simplified. Now, the requirement for routing of shipping documents against registered contract through banks will not be mandatory for imports from Afghanistan through land routes.
It may be recalled that all imports into Pakistan are required to be made compulsorily through Electronic Import Form (EIF). The EIF was implemented with a view to curb the illegal and duplicate payments of imports from Pakistan by unscrupulous elements, the SBP said.
