Most importers in Pakistan get their landed cost estimate wrong โ not because they don’t know the tax rates, but because they add them in the wrong order. Here’s how Pakistan Customs actually calculates
it, stage by stage:
it, stage by stage:
๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ
CIF value converted to PKR at the official SBP exchange rate on the day of filing โ not your invoice rate, not the day you paid the supplier.
๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ (๐๐)
Assessable Value ร CD rate, set by your HS/PCT code.
๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐๐ + ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐
Applied where applicable, on the assessable value.
๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐
(๐ญ๐ด%)
Calculated on CIF value + Customs Duty โ not on the CIF value alone.
๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐
(๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด)
Calculated on the duty-paid value. Active Taxpayer List status changes everything: filers pay meaningfully less than non-filers.
Miss step 4, and your sales tax estimate is short. Miss step 5, and your non-filer client’s landed cost just jumped by thousands.
For regulated cargo โ pharma, medical equipment, life sciences โ there’s a sixth layer most calculators skip entirely: applicable exemption SROs. A correctly classified DRAP-registered import
can bypass sales tax altogether. An incorrectly classified one pays full freight on every layer above.
This is the difference between a clearing agent who files paperwork and a logistics partner who protects your margin before the shipment even lands.
๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ โ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐.