LAHORE: Customs Central Region has collected Rs75.056 billion all duty and taxes during (July-January) of current financial year 2016-17.
AS per details, Customs Appraisement collected Rs35691 million during the first seven months of the financial year 2016-17 against the collection of Rs38816 million during the same period of last financial year.
Similarly, the Collectorte of Preventive Lahore collected Rs16654 million during the period under review against Rs17725 million collected during the same period of last financial of 2015-16.
On the other hand, the Collectorate of Customs Multan collected Rs 16456 million during the period under review against Rs28541 million collected in the same period last financial year.
Correspondingly, the Collectorate of Faisalabad collected Rs6245 million during the seven months of financial year 2016-17 against Rs 4851 million during the same period during the same period financial year 2015-16.
Overall the Collectorate collected Rs75056 million during the period under review.
Source told Customs Today that Chief Collector of Customs Central Region Samaira Nazir has directed all the collectors under the Central Region limits to speed up collection of the duty and taxes to achieve the financial year’s targets besides lower staff have also been ordered to put their maximum efforts for the revenue collections.
