PCT 8523.5210 · September 2026 · Imports
Smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37
Pakistan imported US$593,536 under PCT 8523.5210 in September 2026, on 14 declarations by 7 importers. China supplied 99.9%, followed by United Arab Emirates (0.1%). Most cargo loaded at Dubai. Importers paid an effective 40.3% in duties and taxes, mostly sales tax. Average declared value: $0.112 per unit.
Import value
$594k
Rs 168.1m
Duties & taxes
40.3%
Rs 67.8m collected
Goods declarations
14
17 line items
Avg. unit value
$0.112 / unit
5,301,003 units (as declared)
Source countries
Duties & taxes actually paid
share of assessed value40.3%effective rate · Rs 67.8m paid on Rs 168.1m of goods
Sales taxRs 33.2m19.7%
Regulatory dutyRs 16.1m9.6%
Income tax (withholding)Rs 13m7.7%
Additional sales taxRs 5.5m3.3%
Ports of loading
Other
$593k99.9%
Transport mode
Air$222k37.5%
Other$371k62.5%
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
- 8523.4990 Recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 $20k
- 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
- 8523.5220 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… $27k
About this PCT code
- Section
- XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment
- Chapter
- 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers, television image and…
- Heading
- 8523 · Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, smart cards and other media for the recording of…
- PCT code
- 8523.5210 · Semiconductor media, smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37
Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) codes follow the international Harmonized System (HS): the first 2 digits are the chapter, 4 digits the heading, 6 digits the HS subheading and the last 2 digits Pakistan's national split. Figures cover September 2026 and come from customs declarations; values are customs-assessed values converted at Rs 283.18 per US$.