Spread over 28 acres, situated about 20 kilometers east of Peshawar on the GT highway
ISLAMABAD:
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made it mandatory for industrial units in the erstwhile tribal areas to clear their favorable imports through Azakhel Dry Port to ensure safe and tracked movement of goods.
Azakhel Dry Port is located in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Nowshera District. Spread over 28 acres and located about 20 kilometers east from Peshawar on the GT highway, the dry port was inaugurated under PTI rule in January 2020.
Former Tribal Areas include the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata), which were merged with KP in 2018.
FBR has introduced a new mechanism for secure and traceable movement of favorable imports for these entities, restoring the regulatory framework. For this purpose, FBR has issued Customs General Order (CGO) No. 08.
Pursuant to Clause 89 of the Eighth Schedule of the Sales Tax Act 1990, a new Customs General Order 08/2025 has been issued to ensure safe transportation of plant, machinery, equipment and industrial inputs benefiting from concessional sales tax rates for industrial units located in the former Fata and Pata.
This order continues the mechanism previously announced through the customs authorities’ general order 01/2021. Initially, through SROs 1212 and 1213 in 2018, the federal government extended tax and income tax incentives to industrial units in the erstwhile Fata and Pata.
These concessions were later incorporated into the Sixth Schedule to the Sales Tax Act (Entry 151) and section 159 of the Income Tax Ordinance via the Finance Act 2019.
