ISLAMABAD: The customs dry port Islamabad collected Rs160million customs duty during 14 days (1st to 14th May) of Financial Year FY2016-17 while it did Rs155million CD during the same period of corresponding Financial Year 2015-16.
The Islamabad dry port is not running vibrant business due to strike of heavy vehicles’ transporters of Karachi.
According to Amanat Khan, Assistant Collector Dry Port Islamabad, truckers’ strike is causing slowdown in reaching out the consignment to the Islamabad dry port. The strike entered the fourth. This has caused a loss of millions of rupees to the transporters.
During the month of April FY16-17, the dry port collected Rs333.8million customs duty against the assigned target of Rs331m for April of Financial Year 2016-17.
During the month of March FY16-17, the dry port generated Rs302.931million CD whereas it earned Rs193.958million during the same period of FY15-16. The dry port received Rs285.837million CD during February FY16-17 while it got Rs274.561million during the same period of corresponding year.
During January 2016-17, the dry port collected Rs326.441million CD whereas it did Rs268.00million CD during the same period of FY15-16. The dry port fetched Rs307.965million CD during December FY16-17 while it did Rs270.00million CD during the same period of FY15-16.
During the month of November 16-17, the dry port received Rs285.858million CD whereas it collected Rs203.940million during the same period of corresponding year 2015-16.
During October 2016-17, the dry port got Rs261.737million CD whereas it did Rs197.188million during the same period of FY2015-16, he says.
During September 2016-17, the dry port generated Rs289.208million CD whereas it received Rs154.234million CD during the same month of corresponding period. The port collected Rs275.659million customs duty during the month of August FY16-17 whereas it collected 170.956 million CD during the same period of 2015-16. The dry port received Rs118.815million CD during July FY16-17 while it did Rs98.428million CD during FY2015-16.
