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      <title>How will Budget 2023-24 fare for you?</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The ruling alliance is all set to present the Finance Bill today (Friday) in Parliament. The government has proposed an end to duties on products.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Below is the list of products on which duty &lt;strong&gt;has been kept at zero&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parts of Lithium Batteries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cells&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Copper Bar (cell to cell connection)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;BMS (level 1) Electronic Card&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Casing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Harness Set (Cells Monitoring Wires with tags)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Solar PV Modules Panels manufacturing machinery and equipment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sun Simulator&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Glass Lifter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tabber Stringer (iv).Hi-Speed Layup Station with ROBOT&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Motorized Visual Inspection&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Buffer before Bussing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Multi-station for Bussing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Centering Conveyor with Visual Inspection&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fully Automatic or Semi-automatic Laminator with Centering, Loading &amp;amp; Unloading&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Automatic Inline Framing Machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Automatic Silicon Dispenser&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Direction Changer with 90 Degree Rotator&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Centering Conveyor for Sun Simulator&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hi-Pot Test Equipment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Electroluminescence (EL) Tester&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Motorized Conveyor&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;EVA/Black sheet Cutting Machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ribbon Cutting &amp;amp; Bending Machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lab Test Equipment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Conveyer Belt&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Laser cutting machine for cell&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cell sorting machine &amp;amp; testers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lithium-ion batteries manufacturing machinery and equipment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Weighting kettles&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Weighting and conveying systems&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Storage tanks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Glue port&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Transfer tanks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Feeder&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;High speed spiral mixer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Booster pumps&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Magnetic filters&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;High speed homogenizer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Auxiliary equipment and DCS central control system components&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pole piece cathode machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Polo piece rolling machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;CNC nibbling machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;CNC bending machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sport welding plant&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Auxiliary equipment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;High temperature circulation thermal tester&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;UL 2054 fire testing equipment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pack rotation simulation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Free fall tester&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Battery impact tester IEC&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;UL 1642 flame tester&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Electromagnetic vibration tester&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Single wing electromagnetic power drop testing equipment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hydraulic crush testing equipment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Solar Inverters manufacturing machinery and equipment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Solder Paste Screen Machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SMT pick and place machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wave-soldering machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PCB Conveyor Belt&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SMT Workstation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Solder Pot&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Solder Cleaning Equipment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wire Cutting &amp;amp; Stripping Machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Crimping Machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Medicines&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dextrose Anhydrous Injectable Grade (Pyrogen Free) USP&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Gefitinib&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Caspian (Caspofungin 50 mg and 70 mg injection)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bovine Lipid Extract Surfactant&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other seeds for sowing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Following IT Related Equipment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Laptop computers, notebooks whether or not incorporating multimedia kit&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Personal computers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Micro computer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Key boards&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mouse and other pointing devices&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Scanner&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;CD ROM drive&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Multimedia kits for&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Software Export Board&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hard disk drives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Servers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Routers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Imports exempted from duty&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Specific papers and Art cards and board for the printing of Holy Quran&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Solar panels and import of related machinery&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Diapers, Sanitary Napkins and Adhesive Tape&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mining machinery&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rice mill machinery&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Machine tools&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Imported seeds&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Shrimp/prawns for breeding&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;roasted peanuts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Any machinery imported into erstwhile Fata&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Products exempted from Sales Tax&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contraceptives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Agricultural machinery including combine harvesters, dryers for agricultural products, no-till-direct seeders, planters, trans-planters&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sales tax in FATA’s newly merged districts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;import of IT equipment (for exporters)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reduced duty on imported items&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Customs duty on Heavy Commercial Vehicles from 10% to 5%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Scrap for manufacturers of polyester filament yarn&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Second-hand clothing, fish, tiles, sports goods&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IT based system development consultants reduced to 15% from 16%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The ruling alliance is all set to present the Finance Bill today (Friday) in Parliament. The government has proposed an end to duties on products.</strong></p>
<p>Below is the list of products on which duty <strong>has been kept at zero</strong></p>
<p><strong>Parts of Lithium Batteries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Cells</li>
<li>Copper Bar (cell to cell connection)</li>
<li>BMS (level 1) Electronic Card</li>
<li>Casing</li>
<li>Harness Set (Cells Monitoring Wires with tags)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Solar PV Modules Panels manufacturing machinery and equipment</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Sun Simulator</li>
<li>Glass Lifter</li>
<li>Tabber Stringer (iv).Hi-Speed Layup Station with ROBOT</li>
<li>Motorized Visual Inspection</li>
<li>Buffer before Bussing</li>
<li>Multi-station for Bussing</li>
<li>Centering Conveyor with Visual Inspection</li>
<li>Fully Automatic or Semi-automatic Laminator with Centering, Loading &amp; Unloading</li>
<li>Automatic Inline Framing Machine</li>
<li>Automatic Silicon Dispenser</li>
<li>Direction Changer with 90 Degree Rotator</li>
<li>Centering Conveyor for Sun Simulator</li>
<li>Hi-Pot Test Equipment</li>
<li>Electroluminescence (EL) Tester</li>
<li>Motorized Conveyor</li>
<li>EVA/Black sheet Cutting Machine</li>
<li>Ribbon Cutting &amp; Bending Machine</li>
<li>Lab Test Equipment</li>
<li>Conveyer Belt</li>
<li>Laser cutting machine for cell</li>
<li>Cell sorting machine &amp; testers</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Lithium-ion batteries manufacturing machinery and equipment</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Weighting kettles</li>
<li>Weighting and conveying systems</li>
<li>Storage tanks</li>
<li>Glue port</li>
<li>Transfer tanks</li>
<li>Feeder</li>
<li>High speed spiral mixer</li>
<li>Booster pumps</li>
<li>Magnetic filters</li>
<li>High speed homogenizer</li>
<li>Auxiliary equipment and DCS central control system components</li>
<li>Pole piece cathode machine</li>
<li>Polo piece rolling machine</li>
<li>CNC nibbling machine</li>
<li>CNC bending machine</li>
<li>Sport welding plant</li>
<li>Auxiliary equipment</li>
<li>High temperature circulation thermal tester</li>
<li>UL 2054 fire testing equipment</li>
<li>Pack rotation simulation</li>
<li>Free fall tester</li>
<li>Battery impact tester IEC</li>
<li>UL 1642 flame tester</li>
<li>Electromagnetic vibration tester</li>
<li>Single wing electromagnetic power drop testing equipment</li>
<li>Hydraulic crush testing equipment</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Solar Inverters manufacturing machinery and equipment</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Solder Paste Screen Machine</li>
<li>SMT pick and place machine</li>
<li>Wave-soldering machine</li>
<li>PCB Conveyor Belt</li>
<li>SMT Workstation</li>
<li>Solder Pot</li>
<li>Solder Cleaning Equipment</li>
<li>Wire Cutting &amp; Stripping Machine</li>
<li>Crimping Machine</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Medicines</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Dextrose Anhydrous Injectable Grade (Pyrogen Free) USP</li>
<li>Gefitinib</li>
<li>Caspian (Caspofungin 50 mg and 70 mg injection)</li>
<li>Bovine Lipid Extract Surfactant</li>
<li>Other seeds for sowing</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Following IT Related Equipment</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Laptop computers, notebooks whether or not incorporating multimedia kit</li>
<li>Personal computers</li>
<li>Other</li>
<li>Micro computer</li>
<li>Key boards</li>
<li>Mouse and other pointing devices</li>
<li>Scanner</li>
<li>Other</li>
<li>CD ROM drive</li>
<li>Multimedia kits for</li>
<li>Software Export Board</li>
<li>Hard disk drives</li>
<li>Servers</li>
<li>Routers</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Imports exempted from duty</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Specific papers and Art cards and board for the printing of Holy Quran</li>
<li>Solar panels and import of related machinery</li>
<li>Diapers, Sanitary Napkins and Adhesive Tape</li>
<li>Mining machinery</li>
<li>Rice mill machinery</li>
<li>Machine tools</li>
<li>Imported seeds</li>
<li>Shrimp/prawns for breeding</li>
<li>roasted peanuts</li>
<li>Any machinery imported into erstwhile Fata</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Products exempted from Sales Tax</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Contraceptives</li>
<li>Agricultural machinery including combine harvesters, dryers for agricultural products, no-till-direct seeders, planters, trans-planters</li>
<li>Sales tax in FATA’s newly merged districts</li>
<li>import of IT equipment (for exporters)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Reduced duty on imported items</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Customs duty on Heavy Commercial Vehicles from 10% to 5%</li>
<li>Scrap for manufacturers of polyester filament yarn</li>
<li>Second-hand clothing, fish, tiles, sports goods</li>
<li>IT based system development consultants reduced to 15% from 16%</li>
</ul>
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