LAHORE: Customs Central Region has collected Rs1608 million under the head of customs duty during the first fifteen days January financial year 2016-17.
As per details the Customs Appraisement Lahore collected Rs797 million during the 15 days of January financial year 2016-17.
Similarly, Customs Preventive Lahore collected Rs393 million as customs duty during the period under review. The Collectorate of Multan collected Rs304 million under the head of customs duty during the period under review.
In the same way, the Collectorate of Customs Faisalabad collected Rs112 million customs duty during the first fifteen days of January financial year 2016-17.
Overall the Customs Central Region collected total customs duty from all the four Collectorates worth Rs1608 million during the first fifteen day January of financial year 20161-17.
The Central Region assigned Rs2162 million customs duty collection target in which all the Collectorates fall while the target given to the region last financial year for the month of November was Rs3725 million.
Sources told Customs Today that in order to achieve financial year targets the Central Region has made arrangements by holding meetings with the collectors of all the Collectorates in the limits of Central Region.