Agreement with Pakistan on Customs Cooperation and Exchange of Declaration Data Ratified

Who is affected

Exporters shipping goods to Pakistan or through its territory. Importers of Pakistani goods. Transport and logistics companies using or planning to use Pakistani sea ports to access foreign markets. Customs representatives and declarants. Companies processing transit declarations in the southern direction.

What changes

The Agreement between Kazakhstan and Pakistan on Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters has been ratified. One provision is crucial for business: the customs services of the two countries will exchange information on export and transit declarations. This means that data declared by a Kazakhstani exporter becomes available to the Pakistani side and vice versa, and discrepancies between the departure declaration and the destination declaration cease to go unnoticed. The Agreement establishes the legal framework for the joint prevention of customs legislation violations and the coordination of response measures. The context is the development of Kazakhstan's exports through Pakistani sea ports.

List of changes

• Ratified the Agreement between the Governments of Kazakhstan and Pakistan on Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters
• Established the legal and organizational frameworks for customs cooperation between the two states
• Introduced the exchange of information on export and transit declarations between customs services
• The Parties undertake to promptly exchange necessary information between customs services
• The Parties promote the prevention and suppression of violations of customs legislation
• The Parties coordinate measures for the prevention and suppression of violations
• Obligations have been established to ensure the confidentiality of transferred information and information security

Effective date

The Agreement enters into force in the manner prescribed therein—as a rule, following the exchange of notifications on the fulfillment by the Parties of internal state procedures. The Law on Ratification was signed by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the text of the law is published in the press.

Details and status

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Source

https://www.zakon.kz/pravo/6535765-kazakhstan-i-pakistan-dogovorilis-o-sotrudnichestve-v-tamozhennykh-delakh.html