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Sales tax, duty on cotton imports withdrawn

Related Keywords: customs duty, Federal Board of Revenue, immediate relief as huge quantity of cotton, imports of raw and ginned cotton, notification states, stuck at ports for clearance, textile millers, textile sector will avail benefits, withdrawn sales tax

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR’s) notification states that textile sector will avail the benefits on imports of raw and ginned cotton having withdrawn sales tax and customs duty on cotton imports on Tuesday in line with the government’s order, a move that was resented by the growers.

The tax concession would provide immediate relief as huge quantity of cotton is stuck at ports for clearance since the ECC’s decision, said Asif Inaam, zonal chairman of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association.

Pakistan offers $1.7 bln in incentives to revive its textile industry

Related Keywords: aimed at reviving struggling textile industry, announced package of incentives, cushion the declining exports, customs duty, import of cotton abolished, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Sales tax, sales tax on imports of textile machinery scrapped, take some time favourable impact started reflecting

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced a package of incentives worth 180 billion rupees ($1.72 billion) after a meeting with top exporters on Tuesday aimed at reviving the struggling textile industry. However, it would take some time like four to six months before the favourable impact started reflecting in the country’s exports.

Textiles make up more than half of Pakistan's exports, but it has lost ground to South Asian neighbours in recent years, hurt by chronic energy shortages and underinvestment in machinery.

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