KARACHI: Pakistan Customs collected Rs249.238 billion customs duty during the last nine months (July-March) of fiscal year 2016-17 as compared with Rs216.789 billion it collected in the same period of last year.
Customs duty collection by South region stood at Rs214.727 billion in July-March as compared with the collection of Rs186.316 billion last year.
The Customs Department collected Rs457.923 billion as sales tax at import stage during the period under review as against Rs435.45 billion in the same months last year.
Customs Appraisement South’s collection of sales tax at import stage stood at Rs394.242 billion as against Rs364.16 billion collected the last year’s same period.
Income tax collected by Pakistan Customs during (July-March 2016-17) stood at Rs135.256 billion as compared with Rs126.636 billion last year. Appraisement South collected Income tax of Rs119.814 billion in the period as against Rs110.58 billion collected in the same period last year.
Highest revenue collection in terms of Customs duty came from MCC Port Qasim, which collected Rs69.089 billion followed by MCC Appraisement West collecting Rs63.206 billion and MCC Appraisement East collecting Rs58.38 billion in July-March 2016-17.