Pakistan Cuts Customs Duties on Imported Mobile Phones for 2026-27

The government has reduced regulatory and additional customs duties on imported mobile phones for fiscal year 2026-27, cutting the regulatory duty on smartphones priced above $500 by 20 percent or Rs. 4,400 per phone.

According to a Ministry of Commerce brief, Additional Customs Duty (ACD) has also been reduced from 6% to 4% across the listed smartphone and cellular-phone categories as part of tariff rationalisation under the National Tariff Policy 2025-30.

For completely built-up (CBU) smartphones priced up to $30, RD has been reduced to Rs240 from Rs300. For phones priced between $30 and $100, it has been cut to Rs2,400 from Rs3,000.

The duty on handsets priced between $100 and $200 has fallen to Rs6,000 from Rs7,500, while the rate for the $200-$350 category has been reduced to Rs8,800 from Rs11,000.

The ministry noted that the Mobile Device Manufacturing Policy 2020-25 has expired, while a new policy has yet to be approved by the federal government. Incentives available to mobile manufacturers and assemblers under the expired policy, however, remain protected under the Fifth Schedule of the Customs Act, 1969.

The tariff cuts are expected to reduce the duty burden on imported handsets while the government simultaneously seeks to promote domestic mobile-device assembly and manufacturing.