Business Recorder
ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation, Karachi, has fixed new customs values of fire alarm systems and their parts. The directorate has divided fire alarm systems and their parts into three categories for assessment of duties and taxes at the import stage. The new customs values would be applicable on the import of Standalone Addressable Fire Alarm Control Panel with 100 Devices Capacity; Addressable Fire Alarm Control Panel; 02 Loop Addressable Fire Alarm Control Panel; Addressable Photoelectric Smoke Detector; Detector Base with LED; Addressable Heat Detector; Addressable Multi Detector; Conventional Solar Blind Flame Detector; Detector Base; Addressable Double Action Pull Station; Weatherproof Pull Station; Weatherproof Box; Supervised Interface Module; Addressable Indoor Electronic Sounder with Flasher; Addressable Outdoor Electronic Sounder with Flasher; Weatherproof Back Box; Addressable Loop Isolator Module; Conventional 2 Zone Panel; Conventional 4 Zone Panel; Conventional Zone Panel; Conventional Optical Detector; Conventional Base; Conventional Optical Multi Detector; Conventional Heat Detector; Conventional Manual Call Point; Conventional Sounder with Flasher; Addressable Sensor Base; Addressable Manual Call Point and Addressable Sounder with Flasher. Complete fire alarm systems are excluded from the scope of this Valuation Ruling and shall be assessed by the concerned Collectorates under Section 25 of the Customs Act, 1969, on a case-by-case basis after due examination of the contract/ invoice, system configuration, components, specifications, and declared value, the ruling added. According to a new valuation ruling issued by the directorate, representations were received from importers regarding under-invoicing in imports of fire alarm systems and their parts, causing disparity in assessment at various Collectorates and resulting in loss of legitimate Government revenue. Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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