Duty - Free Car Import: FBR Changes The

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has changed the definition of ‘tourists’ for allowing temporary import of vehicles by tourists without payment of duties and taxes for a period of six months.

The FBR has amended the Customs Rules 2001 through a notification, issued here on Thursday.

According to the SRO 495(I)/2021 issued by the FBR, here on Thursday, the ‘tourist’ means a person not normally resident in Pakistan, who enters Pakistan for a stay of not more than six months in the course of any 12 months period for legitimate non-immigrant purposes.