FBR orders installation of video surveillance cameras in textile spinning units

ISLAMABAD (From Arshad Ansari) Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made installation of video surveillance cameras mandatory for electronic monitoring of processing of natural, synthetic and mixed fibers in textile spinning units. Install video surveillance cameras. The initiative aims to monitor through video surveillance and video analytics the processing of natural, synthetic and mixed fibers including cotton, polyester, viscose, wool and acrylic in loose, unbundled or other non-bale forms. According to the FBR, this arrangement will be in addition to the monitoring of cotton bales under the already implemented Sales Tax General Order No. 08 of 2025. Under the new order, cameras will be installed at hopper bale openers, hopper feeders, weighing hoppers and blending feeders for mixing natural and synthetic fibers, special blue room lines for synthetic fibers, waste openers, recycling lines and at places where fibers are stored or mixed before being transported to the blue room. is mixed in

The FBR has also directed vendors providing board-approved video analytics systems to integrate these cameras with their systems and ensure that the system is capable of identifying, counting and quantifying fibers supplied in loose or unbundled form. According to the order, the system will require real-time video recording of production process, immediate retrieval of production-related data, identification and counting of goods, immediate transmission of data to FBR's central control unit, record keeping, detection of unexpected work stoppages, quantitative analysis of production and data analytics facility for legal action. will go The new orders will be effective immediately.