The Pakistani government has exempted all fruits of Afghanistan from sales tax from September 15, 2021 except fresh apples, in addition to allowing extension of six months in APTTA.
Recently, the Revenue Division informed the Federal Cabinet that before issuance of the tax laws, 17 percent was leviable on all imported fruits except those imported from Afghanistan.
In order to address the issue of Iranian apples being imported as ‘of Afghan origin’, which was badly hurting Pakistani domestic apple growers, it was decided that Sales Tax at the standard rate may be levied on apples imported from Afghanistan.
Source: brecorder.com
