ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The government on Monday raised the customs duty on about 28 kinds of items to do away with budgetary anomalies of 2002-03.

The decision was announced through the Customs (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 issued here on Monday following the recommendations of Budget Anomalies Committee.

Through the ordinance the government raised the customs duty from 75 per cent to 90 per cent on motorcycles (including mopeds) and other cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor with or without side-cars, side cars under sub-headings of Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT)-8711.1000, 8711.2000, 8711.3010, 8711.3090, 8711.4000, 8711.5000, 8711.9000, respectively. And the duty was raised from 5 per cent to 20 per cent on dot matrix printer.

It has raised the customs duty from 20 to 25 per cent on ethyl acetate of PCT heading 2915.3100; self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes of plastics in rolls of a width not exceeding 20cm of PCT 3919.1000; on self-adhesive of PCT-4811.4100.

The duty was raised from 10 to 20 per cent on high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides of PCT5402.1000, of nylon or other polyamides — measuring per single yarn more than 50 tex of PCT5402.3200. The duty reduced from 10 to 5 per cent of viscose yarn, untwisted or with a twist not exceeding 120 turns per metre of PCT 5403.3100.

The duty was raised from 10 to 20 per cent on single yarn of PCT 5509.1100, multiple (folded) or cabled yarn-containing 85 per cent or more by weight of polyester staple fibres of PCT 5509.1200, single yarn of PCT 5509.3100, multiple (folded) or cabled yarn other yarn-containing 85 per cent more by weight of synthetic staple fibres of PCT 5509.3200, single yarn of PCT 5509.4100, multiple (folded) or cabled yarn other yarn of polyester staple fibres of PCT 5509.4200, mixed mainly or solely with artificial staple fibres of PCT 5509.5100, mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair of PCT 5509.5200, mixed mainly or solely with cotton of PCT 5509.5300), other — other yarn of acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres of PCT 5509.5900, mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair of PCT 5509.6100, mixed mainly or solely with cotton of PCT 5509.6200, other — other yarn of PCT 5509.6900, mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair of PCT 5509.9100, mixed mainly or solely with cotton of PCT 5509.9200 and other of PCT 5509.9900, respectively.

The duty was raised from 10 per cent to 20 per cent on metallized yarn, whether or not gimped being textile yarn or stripe or the like of PCT heading 54.04 or 54.05, combined with metal in the form of thread, stripe or powder or covered with metal under PCT 5606.0000.

And the duty was raised from 20 to 25 per cent on electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets) from an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75KW of PCT 8501.5200. The duty was reduced from 10 per cent to 5 per cent on electric generating sets and rotary converts of an output not exceeding 25 kVA of PCT 8502.1110 but it was raised from 20 per cent to 25 per cent on an electric generating sets and rotary converts of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA of PCT 8502.1200.

The duty was raised from 10 to 20 per cent on prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena other than products of chapter 37 of a width exceeding 6.5mm of PCT 8523.1300, the ordinance added.