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Table 3.6 Import licensing requirements, 2021.
(...); Toxic chemical substances and materials - Licensing authorities: Public Service Agency;
(...); Ozone-depleting substances - Licensing authorities: Environmental Agency

Table 3.6 Import licensing requirements, 2021.
(...); Wild animals, and/or plants - Licensing authorities: Environmental Agency;
Endangered species of wild fauna and flora protected under CITES- Licensing authorities: Environmental Agency;

2.24. Pakistan remains a supporter of the rules based multilateral trading system. During the review period, it actively participated in WTO work in numerous areas including (...) fisheries subsidies; trade and environment (...) At the 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) held in Buenos Aires (10-13 December 2017), Pakistan, inter alia, stressed that in these times of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digital trade and electronic flows, micro and small enterprises, facilitating investment, and sustainable resources and renewable energy, agriculture (including food security) remained the lifeline for most economies across the globe; therefore, it was imperative to tackle all of these issues head on and find solutions that are inclusive, pragmatic, and creative.

2.26. Between 2015 and 2018, Pakistan benefited from WTO trade related assistance via participation in 250 training activities, inter alia, relating to (...) rules (trade remedies, fisheries subsidies) (...) trade and environment (...)

2.48 (...) Since 1 January 2014, Pakistan has benefited from generous tariff preferences (mostly zero duties on two thirds of all product categories) under the so called Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) arrangement of the European Union, aiming to support sustainable development and good governance; this status was extended till 2023. [74] (...)
[74] In order to maintain GSP+ treatment, Pakistan has to keep ratification and effectively implement 27 core international conventions on human and labour rights, environmental protection, and good governance. European Commission, Countries and Regions: Pakistan. Viewed at: https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/pakistan/.

3.38. Pakistan provides certain exemptions and concessions to the statutory tariff through Self-regulatory organisations (SROs) (Section 2.2.3). (...) The Fifth Schedule provides for exemptions and concessions from the tariff for certain goods to be used under specific conditions. Goods allowed to be imported under the Fifth Schedule are of four types: consumer products (food, petroleum products, and liquified natural gas (LNG)), plant and machinery (pharmaceuticals, textiles, agriculture and food chain machinery, renewable energy, and other power plants), raw materials for industry (active pharmaceutical ingredients, drugs, textiles, poultry, automotive industry, etc.), and some other products (for domestic protection and export industries). (...)

3.42. Imports of certain goods are banned due to health, safety, security, moral, religious, and environmental reasons. (...)

Table 3.6. Regulatory duty on exports, 2021:
Self Regulatory Organization (SRO) number: 645(I)/2018
Products covered; % of Regulatory Duty (RD): (...) Waste and scrap of copper, 25%; (...)
Ferrous and non-ferrous waste and scrap of lead, 25%; (...)
Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators, spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and electric accumulators, electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, or specified or included in Chapter 85 of Pakistan Customs Tariff, 25%

3.63. Pakistan prohibits the export of certain goods based on moral, religious, health, social, and environmental grounds, as well as those whose trade is prohibited under international treaties such as the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and UN resolutions.

3.87. Under the Sales Tax Act 1990, Pakistan continues to levy sales tax at a rate of 17% (unchanged during the review period) on both imported and domestically produced goods. The Sixth Schedule of the Act provides are list of goods that are exempt from sales tax [22], while the Eighth Schedule of the Act provides conditional exemptions. (...)
[22] The Federal Government under Section 13(2)(a) of the Act may grant exemptions, whenever circumstances exist to take immediate action for the purposes of (...) natural disaster, national food security in emergency situations (...) by notification in the Gazette of Pakistan, exempt any supplies made or imports, of any goods or class of goods from the whole or any part of the tax chargeable under this Act, subject to the conditions and limitations specified therein.