PESHAWAR: Customs investigators have registered a case against a company operating in the Risalpur Export Processing Zone, alleging that goods imported duty-free were removed without authorization, costing the government about 117.09 million Pakistani rupees in lost revenue.
The first information report, No. 23/2026, was filed Nov. 6 by Customs Inspector Junaid Khalid of the Collectorate of Customs (Appraisement) in Peshawar. It names Shippo Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. as an accused party, along with the zonal manager and chief security officer of the Export Processing Zone in Risalpur, Nowshera district. It also cites unnamed “others,” including the company’s directors, owners and employees.
The report alleges unauthorized removal of duty-free goods, failure to account for them, misuse of export-zone concessions and evasion of taxes. It cites provisions of the Customs Act of 1969, the Sales Tax Act of 1990, the Income Tax Ordinance of 2001 and export-zone rules. No one has been convicted, and the report contains only allegations.
According to the report, investigators acted on information from an informer relayed through the Peshawar collector of customs. A team was formed Nov. 3 to reconcile import and export records, stock registers and reported consumption against physical inventory for July 2021 through Nov. 5, 2026.
The report says the audit found large discrepancies across several product categories:
— Of 9,600 imported 32-inch glass boards, 1,040 were recorded as exported and 4,050 were physically found, leaving 4,510 unexplained. Investigators estimated the duties and taxes on those at 30.58 million rupees. Excess quantities of 40-, 43- and 50-inch boards and of back plates were also found, which the report says require checking of the company’s inward and outward records.
— Of 150,680 kilograms of imported suitcase kits, 16,344 kilograms were found, a shortage of 134,336 kilograms. Of 8,375 imported school and travel bags, 492 were found, leaving 7,883 unexplained. Along with a reported shortfall of 1,412 finished suitcases, the total provisional revenue impact for bags was put at 70.41 million rupees.
— Of 971,967 kilograms of imported fabric, 740,176 were recorded as consumed and 165,271 as wastage. About 40,000 were found on site, leaving a difference of 26,520 kilograms and a revenue loss of 9.2 million rupees.
— In artificial flower and gypsum materials, the records showed a difference of 5,223 kilograms, which the report says amounts to 6.9 million rupees in evasion.
The inspection team also said the company lacked sufficient machinery, dedicated labor and production records to support some of its claimed manufacturing. Together with the shortages and the absence of matching export or disposal records, investigators said, that gives prima facie grounds to probe whether goods were diverted into the domestic market.
The report also asserts that a violation on this scale would be “impossible” without the connivance of export-zone authorities, specifically management and security personnel.
The report does not include a response from the company or the officials named. Several of the figures are described as provisional or estimated, and some remain subject to verification.
