The recently launched Faceless Customs Assessment system by the Federal Board of Revenue has significantly reduced the clearance time of containers.

Under the FBR Transformation Plan approved by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Faceless Customs Assessment system was initially implemented at Karachi. All the import goods declarations filed after 12.00 AM in the Appraisement Collectorates of Karachi shall be allocated to the Central Appraising Unit for assessment. 

It would facilitate trade by reducing the clearance time and would also induce efficiency and transparency in assessments.

After successful completion of the first phase at Karachi, the system would soon be rolled out at the upcountry ports and border stations and the appraisement function of Customs would be relocated outside the Customs Collectorates.

All the arrangements have been finalized for the housing of appraisers and principal appraisers in a sanitized environment and 55 officers have already been posted to the Central Appraising Unit.