HYDERABAD: The Model Customs Collectorate has received Rs 808.632 million during 17 days of October 2017-18 against the assigned target of Rs 1181.27 million during the month of October 2017-18
According to details, Hyderabad and Sukkur divisions have generated customs duty of Rs 234.395 million, sales tax of Rs 541.922 million, special FED on imports Rs 4.056 million and withholding tax (WHT) of Rs 28.259 million during 17 days of October 2017-18.
Sources told Customs Today that Customs Collectorate generated this amount from SWH, dry port, Hyderabad Bonded Warehouse, SWH State Warehouse, Export Hyderabad and KPR (Zero Point) and also from M/s Atlas and M/s Pakistan State Oil (PSO).
The Customs Collectorate Hyderabad, Anti-Smuggling Organization, (ASO) also impounded non duty paid vehicles including three oil tankers filled with 85000 liters of smuggled Iranian High Speed Diesel (HSD), foreign origin non duty paid cigarettes of different brands and cloths, auto parts, mobile phone and other contraband items worth million of rupees were also confiscated during the month of September.
Sources told that under the supervision of Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq, Additional Collector Dr Aamer Nawaz hamid Deputy Collector Basat Hussain Deputy Collector Dry Port Kalimullah , Principal Appraiser Mashuq Ali Panhwar, Appraiser Ashir, Appraiser Tabassum and Superintendent Statistical Revenue played an important role in revenue collection, officials said.
They added that the anti-smuggling campaign is in full swing in the region following the direction of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq in order to enhance the revenue generation
It is necessary to mention here that Customs Collectorate Hyderabad is using all available resources to recover the outstanding dues from tax defaulters and also adopting necessary measures to generate more revenue to meet the collection target set for FY2017/18.
