LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs Appraisement collected Rs3028 million under the head of customs duty against Rs2340 million collected during January 2018, thus registering growth of 29 percent in the previous month. The Collectorate collected overall Rs6885 million during the month of January.
These views were expressed by Collector Jamil Nasir while presiding over a meeting held at Mughalpura dry port to review performance and working of various sections and branches of the Collectorate. The senior officers of the Collectorate were also present in the meeting.
Sources said performance related to speedy clearance of cargo, recovery, and post-release verification, proper application of valuation rulings assessment and progress of court cases were discussed in detail in the meeting.
Collector Jamil Nasir issued instructions to recovery officers to speed up their efforts for recovery of government dues where no valid stay order exists against recovery.
It was also decided that all-out efforts be made to auction immovable properties attached by the Collectorate through special auction where process of mutation and proclamation of sale has been completed.
The collector also emphasized that liquidation claims filed by the Collectorate should be pursued with liquidators for early disposal. He also underlined the importance of revenue collection through administration measures in view of likely reduction on imports which may impact customs duty verification cell.
It was observed with the sense of satisfaction that in majority cases, detected amount has been deposited voluntarily by the importers on pointation by PRV and cases where importers did not agree with the audit observations have been referred for adjudication.
