ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Indigenization Committee of Engineering Development Board has decided to fix uniform level of 85 per cent deletion in motorcycle sector in order to move to Tariff Base System (TBS), says a press release issued here on Saturday.

A list of deleted parts and other list of importable were also approved. The committee met here under the chairmanship of Mr Razak Dawood, the Chairman, EDB.

The committee decided to meet soon in Karachi to consult the stakeholders to evolve uniform system for cars, trucks and buses. The Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA) was entrusted the duty of consulting main manufacturers of tractors in order to fix the agreed achieved level in case of different categories.

The committee while deliberating on the issue of acute shortage of pig iron and hard coal decided to recommend a temporary relief in duty unless the steel mill resumes its normal production.

It also decided to review the genuine requests pertaining to shortfalls in to deletion programmes and other problems.

The meeting was attended by Mr Imtiaz Rastgar, VC/CEO and Mr Javed Akhtar Paracha, Coordinator EDB, representatives of the CBR, Ministry of Industries, Production and Special Initiatives and other concerned departments, and Mr Kunwar Idris, Chairman, Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA) and Syed Mehdi Ali Rizvi, Chairman,Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufacturers (PAAPAM).