Import of Goods (Price Equalization Surcharge) Act, 1967

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THE IMPORT OF GOODS (PRICE EQUALIZATION 
SURCHARGE) ACT, 1967 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Levy of price equalization surcharge 
3A. Power to authorize repayment of surcharge 
4. Determination of highest landed cost 
5. Procedure for collection of price equalization surcharge 
6. Power to make rules 
6A. Power to amend Schedule 
7. [Omitted]  
 

 
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THE IMPORT OF GOODS (PRICE EQUALIZATION SURCHARGE) ACT, 1967 
ACT No. III OF 1967 
[3rd June, 1967] 
An Act to levy an additional duty for equalization of prices of certain imported goods. 
 Whereas it is expedient to levy an additional duty for equalization of prices of certain goods 
imported at different prices under different conditions and from different countries and to provide for 
matters ancillary thereto; 
 It is hereby enacted as follows: ___  
 1. Short title, extent and commencement.  ___(1) This Act may be called the Import of 
Goods (Price Equalization Surcharge) Act, 1967.  
 (2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan. 
 (3) It shall come into force at once. 
  2. Definitions. ___In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,__ 
(a)  “highest rate ”, in relation to any specified goods imported in any shipping 
period, means the highest rate of landed cost declared in relation to such goods 
under sub-section (1) of section 4; 
(b)  “landed cost”, in relation to any specified goods, means the aggregate of the 
c.i.f. value, duties, taxes, fees and other charges payable on or for the im port 
of such goods into Pakistan; 
(c)  “price equalization surcharge ” means the additional duty levied under section 
3; 
 1[ (d)  ‘shipping period ’ means the period beginning on the first day of J uly and 
ending on the thirtieth day of June or  such other period as the Federal 
Government may, from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, 
declare to be a shipping period for the purposes of this Act:  
 Provided that, in the case of a notification issued under sub -section (I) of section 4 which 
declares the highest rate of landed cost in relation to any specified goods imported in any shipping 
period following a date mentioned in the notification, the shipping period shall be deemed to be the 
period beginning on the date so mentioned and ending on th e date specified in any subsequent 
notification as the beginning of a new shipping period in relation to such goods.]   
 (e)  ‘specified goods ’ means such of the goods specified in the Schedule as the 
1[Federal Government] may, by notification in the offic ial Gazette, declare to 
be the goods which shall be subject to the levy of the price equalization 
surcharge. 
 
1Subs. by Act No. XXIX of 1975, ss. 2-3. 
 
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 3. Levy of price equalization surcharge .___There shall be levied on the specified goods 
imported in any shipping period into Pakistan after the 22nd  day of April , 1966, or, if the 1[Federal 
Government] in respect of any specified goods by order so directs, after such later date as may be 
specified therein, whose rate of landed cost is lower than the highest  rate, an additional duty as price 
equalization surcharge at the rate by which the rate of the landed cost of such goods falls short of  the 
highest rate.  
  2[3A. Power to authorize repayment of surcharge. ___Subject to such conditions, 
limitations or rest rictions as it may think fit to impose, the 1[Federal Government] may, in such 
general cases as it may prescribed by rule s or in particular cases by special order, authorise the 
repayment in whole  or in part of the price equalis ation surcharge paid on the importation of any 
goods of such classes or description s as may be prescribed in the rules or specified in the special 
order, as the case may be.] 
 4. Determination of highest landed cost.  ___(1) The 1[Federal Government] shall determine 
and, by notification in the official Gazette, declare, in relation to every specified goods imported in 
any shipping period, the highest rate of landed cost of such goods. 
  (2) For the purpose of determining the highest rate, every importer of specified goods shall 
furnish at such time such papers, documents or information relating to the import of such goods, as 
the 1[Federal Government] may direct. 
 (3) Whoever fails or neglects to comply with any direction under sub -section (2) shall be 
deemed to have contravened the pr ovisions of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1950  (XXXIX 
of 1950), and shall be punishable under section 5 of that Act. 
 5. Procedure for collection of price equalization surcharge. ___Subject to 3[rules made 
under this Act, if any] the price equaliza tion surcharge shall be collected in the same manner as 4[a 
duty] payable under the 4[Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969) ] is collected and the provisions of the 
4[said Act] shall, so far as may be, apply to the levy 2[, collection and repayment] of such surcharge. 
 6. Power to make rules. ___(1) The 1[Federal Government] may make rules for carrying out 
the purposes of this Act. 
  (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules 
may provide for__ 
(a)  the    3[*]  2[, collection and repayment] of the price equalization surcharge; 
(b)  the delivery of goods on the giving of security for payment of such surcharge 
or on any other conditions; 
(c)  the manner of payment 2[and repayment] of such surcharge; and 
(d)  such other matters as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this 
Act. 
 
 
 
1Subs. by Act No. XXIX of 1975, s. 2. 
2Ins. and subs. by the Finance Act No. XI of 1968, s. 12. 
3Subs. and omitted by Act No. XLIV of 1974, ss. 2-3. 
4Subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance No. XXVII of 1981, Sch. II. 
 
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 1[6A. Power to amend Schedule. ___The 2[Federal Government] may, by notification in the 
official Gazette, make any addition to or omission from the list of goods specified in the Schedule.]  
 7. 3[Omitted] 
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SCHEDULE 
 4[* * *] 
5. Galvanized plain sheets.  
6. G.C. Sheets.  
7. M.S. Plates.  
8.  M.S. Sheets.  
9. Cement. 
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12. Raw material requirements of the industrial units of the following sectors, 
namely: ___ 
(a) Steel and non-ferrous casting, 
(b) Steel construction,  
(c) Electrical equipment,  
(d) Diesel engine, and  
(e) Tube-well and pumping equipment. 
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5[15. Synthetic Rubber]. 
 4[* * *]  
6[18. Sulphur.] 
19. 4[* * *]  
7[20. Tallow.] 
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RGN Date: 29-05-2024 
1Ins. by the Finance Act No. XI of 1968, s.12.  
2Subs. by Act No. XXIX of 1975, s.2. 
3Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance No. XXVII of 1981, sch. II. 
4Omitted by S.R.O. 1033 (I) / 74 dated 8th July, 1974. 
5Added by S.R.O. 157 (I) 169, see Gaz. of p., 1969, Ext., (Islamabad),p.577.  
6Added by S.R.O. 198 (I) / 69. 
7Added by S.R.O. 151 (I)/71, dated 6-5-71, see Gaz. cl.p., 1971, Ext., p.465.