Collector Customs M. B. Tahir has said that efforts were being made to introduce the modern customs clearance system, "CARE", at Multan Dry Port. He said facilities of customs clearance, inspection and examination at Multan, Dera Ghazi Khn, Bahawalpur, and Rahimyarkhan airports would be provided while foolproof measures would be taken to check smuggling and under-invoicing.

He was addressing the meeting of executive committee of Multan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI), which was chaired by MCCI President, Malik Asrar Awan. He said the facility of examination was provided to genuine importers for the import of machinery.
He suggested that MCCI should form a committee to look into the cases, where local exporters/importers avoid Multan Dry Port and use the Karachi or Lahore ports. The committee should impose penalty on such people, he suggested.

He said, "we are trying to introduce the modern custom clearance system "CARE" which is now functioning in Karachi only." In his welcome address Malik Asrar said that Care system be introduced at Multan Dry Port to facilitate the local importers .He complained that custom valuation ratio is higher in Multan than other dry ports, which attract the importers to do business with Karachi or Lahore ports.

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