Pakistan reduces duty drawback rates for footwear

01/11/2002

Pakistan’s Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has downwardly revised the duty drawback rates that apply to the export of various types of footwear.

As of Wednesday, October 30, 2002, the new rates are: For canvas or textile footwear with rubber soles, 5% of the fob (freight on board) value; for leather footwear including chappals and sandals with leather uppers and leather soles, 3.96 of the fob value; for leather footwear including chappals, sandals and slippers with leather uppers and PU or PVC or TPR or rubber or leather insert soles, 6% of the fob value; synthetic footwear including chappals, sandals and slippers with synthetic uppers and PU or TPR or PVC or rubber soles, 3.92 per cent of the fob value; for synthetic footwear including chappals, sandals and slippers with synthetic upper and PU or TPR or PVC or rubber soles, 3.92 per cent of the fob value; PVC injection moulded footwear, 0.53 per cent of the fob value.