PESHAWAR: The MCC Peshawar has done a brilliant job in the current month of October as its all customs stations have surpassed the allocated targets of revenue collections, said by Gul Rahman, Collector Customs at the MCC Peshawar, while talking to Customs Today on Monday at the Customs House Peshawar.
The collector customs informed CT about the vitality and use of customs clearing agents and said the agents do a lot of tough work in order to clear vehicles loaded with imports and exports. When Collector Customs Gul Rahman was asked about the recent increase in RD on imports, he responded that the extra RD will let the imports drop and export of regional products will increase.
The collector customs added that the imposition of RD will let the Pakistan Customs collect billions of extra revenue from the imports and will increase the chances for regional industry to grow by reaching the markets occupied with the foreign products.
The collector customs further said the burden of work has increased on the Customs House Peshawar for which extra efforts have been made by all the high-ups of the Pakistan Customs to reach every possible option to earn good name for the Customs House Peshawar.
The collector further informed CT that the Dry Port Peshawar has collected Rs446.99million revenue during first 23 days of October which have been millions more than the amount collected by the Dry Port Peshawar in previous FY.
In the same way, the Bonded Ware House Peshawar generated Rs154.178million in just 23 days. The Torkham Customs station received Rs177.20million as CD till October 23 and Rs180.59million of ST in the same period of time. The Torkham Customs Station got Rs150.28million of A.I.T and Rs50.05million as A.I.T on Exports.
