KARACHI: Chief Collector Appraisement-South Nasir Masroor Ahmed and Collector of Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement-West, Muhammad Saleem along with the team of Customs Today visited Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT) in order to inspect the working of examining officials after getting iPads and tablets of latest technology for examining and assessing Goods Declarations (GDs).
Chief Collector Appraisement-South and Collector MCC Appraisement-West accompanied by entire team of KICT Customs officers including Additional Collector Dr Moin-Ud-din Ahmed Wani, Deputy Collector Muhammad Raza, Deputy Collector Auction Naveed Iqbal, Assistant Collector Usman Tariq and examining officials.
During the visit, Chief Collector Nasir Masroor and Collector Muhammad Saleem closely supervised the performance of examining officials in examining the GDs on iPads and tablets.
The examiners while sharing their views with Customs Today said that they were going to upload the entire examination report from examining area.
“It is quite an efficient process. We file the reports and send these reports just after completion,” one of the examining officer said.
Another officer said that the GDs were being examined more thoroughly by iPads and tablets, adding that the entire process of examination has been expedited by the introduction of latest technology at KICT.
Collector Muhammad Saleem said that the consignments of uniform descriptions have been finalized within the average time of 30 minutes and this time would be reduced further in future.
He further informed that MCC Appraisement-West will introduce the latest technology like iPads and tablets in all other terminals in near future after reviewing the pilot project at KICT.