LAHORE: Customs Central Region has registered a growth of 29 percent by collecting Rs4997 million as customs duty in February during the financial year 2017-18.
As per details, the Customs Appraisement Lahore collected Rs2725 million under the head of customs duty and Collectorate of Customs Preventive Lahore collected Rs991 million during period under review.
On the other hand, the Collectorate of Customs Multan collected Rs1001 million customs duty in February of the current financial year.
The Collectorate of Customs Faisalabad collected Rs278 million customs duty (CD) during the period in February 2017-18. Overall, the Customs Central Region collected Rs 4994 million as customs duty from all the four Collectorate by registering a growth of 41 percent.
It is necessary to mention here that Chief Collector Customs Central Region Zeba Hai Azhar has adopted a comprehensive strategy to enhance revenue collection measures in all four Collectorates.
