PTA’S POLICY / ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE EXPORT OF WET BLUE & WET BLUE SPLIT LEATHER FROM PAKISTAN

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PTA request to all Members of Pakistan Tanners’ Association to inform this Association Office very immediately, in writing, if they may have any information/news/hints with certain detail for the above activities, so that necessary course of action may be taken by PTA under my direct supervision with the available Mechanism already developed with the FBR, Ministry of Commerce, All Customs Collectorates specially Sea Ports & Dry Ports in Pakistan / Karachi to stop this harmful activities with strict hands.

PTA appreciates all the gesture of cooperation/patronage/assistance made by FBR, Ministry of Commerce, Customs Collectorates, Sea Ports & Dry Ports Authorities in Karachi/Pakistan in having close coordination/liaison with PTA in sharing of information and making verification of such shipments & price value for determination actual regulatory duty to be imposed on it.

Apart from the above, PTA is also actively taking up the matter for the smuggling of live animals from Pakistan to Afghanistan & Iran, which is also causing scarcity of Raw Materials/Skins for the Industry and also increasing meat prices in Pakistan gradually and confident that necessary positive/preventive measures may be taken by the Government of Pakistan shortly to ensure supply of sufficient quantity of Raw Materials/Skins for the Industry in Pakistan.

PTA is also emphasizing the need more strongly now with the Government authorities concerned for the enhancement of Regulatory Duty from 20% to 50% on export of Wet Blue & Wet Blue split Leather from Pakistan and hopefully to get the positive decision from the Government in due course, while further course of strict action may be discussed in next CEC Meeting on 18.06.2011.

Further details & brief outcome of PTA’s efforts made on this specific issue would be informed to the Members of Central Executive Committee in its next meeting scheduled to be held on 18th June, 2011 in Karachi & Lahore through Video Conference system simultaneously.

PTA is vigorously committed with the support / help for the betterment of its members and serves to the Leather Industry of Pakistan for its prosperity / development.