PCT 8544.4990 · September 2026 · Imports
Cables & wires: For a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with…
Pakistan imported US$6.3 million under PCT 8544.4990 in September 2026, on 319 declarations by 183 importers. China supplied 88.5%, followed by Japan (2.6%). Most cargo loaded at Shanghai and Shekou. Importers paid an effective 56.7% in duties and taxes, mostly sales tax. Average declared value: $10.37 per kg.
Import value
$6.3m
Rs 1.8bn
Duties & taxes
56.7%
Rs 1bn collected
Goods declarations
319
421 line items
Avg. unit value
$10.37 / kg
611,711 kg (as declared)
Source countries
Other
$238k3.8%
Duties & taxes actually paid
share of assessed value56.7%effective rate · Rs 1bn paid on Rs 1.8bn of goods
Sales taxRs 383.7m21.4%
Customs dutyRs 307.7m17.1%
Income tax (withholding)Rs 123.5m6.9%
Regulatory dutyRs 121m6.7%
Additional sales taxRs 49.5m2.8%
Additional customs dutyRs 33.3m1.9%
Other leviesRs 4,1450.0%
Ports of loading
Other
$2.0m32.4%
Transport mode
Sea$6.0m94.5%
Air$316k5.0%
Dry port$13k0.2%
Land border$6k0.1%
Other$16k0.3%
Entry point in Pakistan
Other
$16k0.3%
Related codes under heading 8544
16 codes- 8544.1110 Cables & wires – Winding wire, of copper $165k
- 8544.1190 Cables & wires – Winding wire, of copper $844k
- 8544.1900 Cables & wires – Winding wire, (of other than copper) $706k
- 8544.2000 Cables & wires – Co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors $2.6m
- 8544.3011 Cables & wires – Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles… $64k
- 8544.3019 Cables & wires – Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles… $59k
- 8544.3090 Cables & wires – Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles… $93k
- 8544.4210 Cables & wires – For a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors $141k
- 8544.4229 Cables & wires – For a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors $43k
- 8544.4290 Cables & wires – For a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors $2.8m
- 8544.4910 Cables & wires – For a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors $21k
- 8544.4920 Cables & wires – For a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors $102k
- 8544.6010 Cables & wires – For a voltage exceeding 1000 volts $540k
- 8544.6020 Cables & wires – For a voltage exceeding 1000 volts $175k
- 8544.6090 Cables & wires – For a voltage exceeding 1000 volts $249k
- 8544.7000 Cables & wires – Optical fibre cables $955k
About this PCT code
- Section
- XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment
- Chapter
- 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers, television image and…
- Heading
- 8544 · Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not, optical fibre cables of…
- PCT code
- 8544.4990 · Insulated electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors
Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) codes follow the international Harmonized System (HS): the first 2 digits are the chapter, 4 digits the heading, 6 digits the HS subheading and the last 2 digits Pakistan's national split. Figures cover September 2026 and come from customs declarations; values are customs-assessed values converted at Rs 283.18 per US$.