ISLAMABAD: Deputy Director Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation, Federal Board of Revenue Rawalpindi, Afzal Watto, has said the Rawalpindi Directorate has showed tremendous performance under the guidance of Director General Shukat Ali and Director Irfan-ur-Rehman during the whole current financial year, especially in May 2017, for which credit goes to all the officers and staff of the directorate. Auction of seized goods, including vehicles, is expected to be held in the last week of the current month.
He stated this while giving an exclusive interview to Customs Today.
During the current financial year (1st of July 2016 to 12th of June 2017), the Directorate Customs I&I Rawalpindi has confiscated miscellaneous goods including non-duty-paid smuggled vehicles, cloths, electronics and other items CIF value worth Rs549million and lodged 88 Nos. of cases in which Rs303.341million of duty and taxes. During the same period in the last financial Year (1st of July 2015 to 30th of June 2016), the directorate has confiscated miscellaneous goods CIF value priced Rs354million and lodged 88 cases and duty and tax evasion of Rs184.144million. He further said there is 55 percent increase in the performance as compared to last financial year.
During May 2017, Rawalpindi Directorate has impounded miscellaneous goods valued Rs145. 296million in seven cases and duty and tax evasion involved is Rs37.120million. During the same month in last financial year, Rawalpindi directorate had seized worth Rs7.855million of miscellaneous goods in five cases and Rs9.330million of duty and tax evasion. This has been the best performance in the history of Rawalpindi Directorate, he claimed.
In July 2016, we seized miscellaneous goods valued Rs11.824million in three cases of duty and tax of Rs9.00million as compared to the same period of last FY worth Rs16.565million in eight cases. In August 2016, RD confiscated miscellaneous goods worth Rs6.796million in two cases as compared to last FY in the same month Rs7.252million in five cases, he added.
During September 2016, the RD impounded goods valued Rs11.213million in six cases as compared to last FY. In the same month, Rs11.334 in five cases and in October 2016, RD seized goods worth Rs6.573million in three cases as compared to last FY in the same period Rs4.160million in cases cases. During November 2016, RD confiscated goods worth Rs40.220million in 12 cases as compared to last FY Rs.3.783 in seven cases and in December 2016 RD impounded goods valued Rs75.030million in 10 cases as compared to last FY in the same period Rs43.740million in six cases. He further stated that during January 2017, RD seized goods worth Rs74.480million in 23 cases as compared to last FY in the same period Rs88.618million in eight cases and in February 2017 RD seized goods valued Rs89.499million in eight cases as compared to last FY in the same period Rs28.685million in 11 cases.
He said in March 2017, RD confiscated goods worth Rs28.526million in five cases as compared to last FY in the same period Rs2.912 in four cases. In April 2017, RD seized goods valued Rs20.228million in nine cases while last FY we had impounded goods worth Rs11.641million in four cases.
