Pakistan Import Documentation:

Documents required to import into Pakistan

Now a days import license is no MORE required to import into Pakistan. Only the following
initial documents are required to import into Pakistan: --

1. National Tax Number Certificate, which is issued by the Income Tax Department on filing of
application form accompanied with one attested photocopy of NIC.

2. Current bank account is required for import proceedings and docuemnts

3. Sales Tax Registration is required to import into Pakistan. For registration, Form ST-1 is
required to send to the local sales tax registration office via post with acknowledgment
due(courier is preferbale). The local registration office shall transmit filled up applications to the
Central Registration Office based in CBR Islamabad. The previous requirements of furnishing
supporting documents have been done away now there is no need to attach any document with
the application. The Central Registration having on line access to database of NTN as well as of
NADRA shall verify the particulars declared in the application with database. On verification, it
shall generate and issue registration certificate to the applicant directly on his given address.

Click here to download sales tax registration application (ST-1)

4. Membership certificate of Chamber of Commerce and Industries or any relevant trade

association of Pakistan.

Pakistan Export Documentation

1. Get the national tax number certificate from the income tax department. Application for
obtaining national tax number requires filling the application form and attaching an
attested copy of a National Identity Card (NIC).

2. Register with sales tax department for refund purposes if you are paying sales tax on the
purchased goods. However, if you register with the sales tax department, you will have to file
monthly sales tax returns even if you are not involved in any sales tax-related activity.
 3. Open a bank account for export proceedings and related documents.

4. Obtain a membership certificate for a Chamber of Commerce or relevant trade association.

5. To clear the consignment at the port, provide the following documents to the clearing agent:
a. Packing list
b. Commercial invoice
c. Letter of Credit (LC)
d. Certificate of origin which is issued by the chamber of commerce
e. National Tax Number Certificate
f. Form "E" (State bank form)

6. Submit the duplicate and triplicate copies of form 'E,' along with the shipping documents,
invoices etc., to the bank who had certified the form 'E'. Attach an extra copy of the shipper's
invoice to the triplicate copy of the form 'E'

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