Spread over 28 acres, located approximately 20 kilometers east of Peshawar on the main GT road
ISLAMABAD:
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made it mandatory for industrial units in erstwhile tribal areas to clear their concessional imports through Azakhel dry port to ensure safe and tracked movement of goods.
Azakhel Dry Port is located in Nowshera district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Sprawling over 28 acres and located around 20 kilometers east of Peshawar on the main GT Highway, the dry port was inaugurated under PTI rule in January 2020.
The former tribal areas include the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) which were merged into the KP in 2018.
The FBR has introduced a new mechanism for safe and traceable movement of concessional imports for these units, thereby restoring the regulatory framework. To this end, the FBR has issued Customs General Order (CGO) No. 08.
Pursuant to Entry 89 of the Eighth Schedule of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, a new General Customs Order 08/2025 has been issued to ensure the secure transportation of industrial plants, machinery, equipment and inputs enjoying reduced sales tax rates for industrial units located in the former Fata and Pata regions.
This order continues the mechanism previously notified by General Customs Ordinance 01/2021. Initially, through SRO 1212 and 1213 of 2018, the federal government extended sales tax and income tax relief to industrial units in the erstwhile Fata and Pata regions.
These concessions were subsequently incorporated into the Sixth Schedule of the Sales Tax Act (entry 151) and section 159 of the Income Tax Ordinance via the Finance Act 2019.
