PCT 8523.4990 · September 2026 · Imports
Recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37
Pakistan imported US$20,323 under PCT 8523.4990 in September 2026, on 19 declarations by 10 importers. China supplied 13.1%. Importers paid an effective 19.5% in duties and taxes, mostly sales tax. Average declared value: $11.7 per unit.
Import value
$20k
Rs 5.8m
Duties & taxes
19.5%
Rs 1.1m collected
Goods declarations
19
32 line items
Avg. unit value
$11.7 / unit
1,737 units (as declared)
Source countries
Other
$18k86.9%
Duties & taxes actually paid
share of assessed value19.5%effective rate · Rs 1.1m paid on Rs 5.8m of goods
Sales taxRs 543,3439.4%
Customs dutyRs 274,4164.8%
Income tax (withholding)Rs 214,0963.7%
Additional sales taxRs 90,5561.6%
Ports of loading
Other
$20k100.0%
Transport mode
Air$19k94.1%
Other$1k5.9%
Entry point in Pakistan
Related codes under heading 8523
11 codes- 8523.4110 Unrecorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 $3k
- 8523.4910 Recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 $6.8m
- 8523.5110 Solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding… $17k
- 8523.5120 Solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding… $1k
- 8523.5190 Solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding… $810k
- 8523.5210 Smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 $594k
- 8523.5220 Smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 $13k
- 8523.5290 Smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 $1.6m
- 8523.5910 Other than smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter… $2.0m
- 8523.5990 Other than smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter… $840k
- 8523.8090 Media n.e.c. in heading 8523, whether or not recorded, excluding products of… $27k
About this PCT code
- Section
- XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment
- Chapter
- 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers, television image and…
- Heading
- 8523 · Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, smart cards and other media for the recording of…
- PCT code
- 8523.4990 · Optical media, recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37
Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) codes follow the international Harmonized System (HS): the first 2 digits are the chapter, 4 digits the heading, 6 digits the HS subheading and the last 2 digits Pakistan's national split. Figures cover September 2026 and come from customs declarations; values are customs-assessed values converted at Rs 283.18 per US$.