PCT 8544.7000 · September 2026 · Imports
Cables & wires: Optical fibre cables
Pakistan imported US$955,142 under PCT 8544.7000 in September 2026, on 66 declarations by 29 importers. China supplied 94.1%. Most cargo loaded at Shekou and Shanghai. Importers paid an effective 68.0% in duties and taxes, mostly sales tax. Average declared value: $11.86 per kg.
Import value
$955k
Rs 270.5m
Duties & taxes
68.0%
Rs 183.9m collected
Goods declarations
66
88 line items
Avg. unit value
$11.86 / kg
80,514 kg (as declared)
Source countries
Other
$57k5.9%
Duties & taxes actually paid
share of assessed value68.0%effective rate · Rs 183.9m paid on Rs 270.5m of goods
Sales taxRs 64.7m23.9%
Customs dutyRs 51.6m19.1%
Regulatory dutyRs 32.5m12.0%
Income tax (withholding)Rs 25.6m9.5%
Additional customs dutyRs 5m1.9%
Additional sales taxRs 4.4m1.6%
Ports of loading
Other
$139k14.7%
Transport mode
Sea$864k90.5%
Air$83k8.6%
Dry port$8k0.9%
Entry point in Pakistan
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
- 8544.4990 Cables & wires – For a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors $6.3m
- 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 $249k
About this PCT code
- Section
- XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment
- Chapter
- 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers, television image and…
- Heading
- 8544 · Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not, optical fibre cables of…
- PCT code
- 8544.7000 · Insulated electric conductors, optical fibre cables
Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) codes follow the international Harmonized System (HS): the first 2 digits are the chapter, 4 digits the heading, 6 digits the HS subheading and the last 2 digits Pakistan's national split. Figures cover September 2026 and come from customs declarations; values are customs-assessed values converted at Rs 283.18 per US$.