Collector Customs Ali Salman Abbassi has said that a fresh round of talks with Indian Custom authorities over the issue of cement export to India by trucks is going to be held in the mid of January this year and hopefully the issue would be resolved.

He was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday.

LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh presented customs related proposals that could help give quantum jump to the country's exports.

LCCI Senior Vice President Kashif Younis, Vice President Saeeda Nazar, former Presidents Iftikhar Ali Malik, Sheikh Mohammad Asif and Mian Anjum Nisar also spoke on the occasion.

The Collector Customs, while agreeing with the LCCI President proposal, said that the sector-specific committees to check under-invoicing should be formed and both the Customs department and the Lahore Chamber need to sit together to finalise its modalities so that the committees could be notified without any further delay.

He said that the Customs department was well aware of the fact that after granting the MFN status to India the volume of trade between two sides would jump manifold and the Wagah would be the largest port in the country five years down the line.

Therefore, he added, the private sector should initiate consultation with the NLC that is presently handling all the infrastructure related issues at Wagah. 

 

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