卡拉奇棉花协会寻求免除对进口棉花的关税和税款

 

KCA seeks waiver of duties, taxes on cotton import

The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) has urged the government to waive all duties and taxes on import of cotton immediately to facilitate the local textile industry meeting their requirement of raw material from abroad amid shortage of commodity in the country.
The Pakistani textile industry has been compelled to import raw cotton from overseas markets to meet its demand requirement of basic raw material following the devastating crop failure in 2015-16 season when cotton output fell to 9.786 million bales, the KCA said in a statement on Monday.
“The industry wants to ensure contribution towards achieving the target of exports fixed by the government,” the KCA said.

“However, the increased taxes on imported cotton are not only translating to rise in cost of doing business of the textile sector, but also making such products costlier in the international market,” it added.
The textile industry pays three per cent custom duty and one per cent additional duty on import of cotton.
The KCA urged the government to ensure free trading policy in cotton i.e. free export and free import of cotton without any quantitative and qualitative restrictions.

译文如下：

卡拉奇棉花协会寻求免除对进口棉花的关税和税款

卡拉奇棉花协会(KCA)敦促政府立即免除进口棉花应缴纳的一切关税和税款来促进当地纺织行业，满足他们从国外进口原材料的需求，因为国内商品短缺。

KCA周一在一份声明中说，在2015-2016财年毁灭性的作物歉收，棉花产量降至978.6万包后，巴基斯坦纺织工业一直被迫从海外市场进口原棉，以满足其基本原料的需求。

“该行业想要确保实现政府固定的出口目标”王者文化说。
“然而, 对进口棉花增加税收不仅转化到纺织业经营成本的上涨,也让这些产品在国际市场上变得昂贵,”它补充道。

纺织工业需为进口棉花支付百分之三的关税和额外百分之一的进口附加税。

KCA敦促政府确保棉花的自由贸易政策，即自由出口和自由进口棉花，没有任何定量和定性的限制。