ISLAMABAD: The Taftan Customs Station of the Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Quetta received Rs499million of all duties and taxes during first 20 days of April FY17-18.
According to details given by Ashraf Ali, Collector, Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Quetta that, during above said duration, the Customs Station Taftan generated Rs154.30million as Customs Duty (CD) while it fetched Rs237.06million of Sales Tax (ST) whereas the Taftan earned Rs86.92million under the head of Whith Holding Tax (WHT) and collected Rs21.218million of Federal Excise Duty (FED).
Taftan received Rs727.15million of all duties and taxes during the month of March FY2017-18. During said period, Taftan got an extra revenue against an assigned revenue target under all the heads. The collector told CT that the Customs House Taftan generated Rs267.56million revenue against an allocated target of Rs212million of CD. Taftan earned an extra revenue of Rs55million under the same head against an earmarked revenue target for the month of March FY17-18.
Taftan collected Rs317.68million against an assigned revenue target of Rs311million under the head of ST. It received an extra Rs6.68million of revenue against earmarked target for above said period. Taftan collected Rs114.99million under the head of WHT while it did Rs26.917million under the head of FED during March FY17-18.
The Customs House Taftan is located at a distance of 645kms from Quetta on Pakistan-Iran Border. Trade routes with Iran are historic and also connect Pakistan through Iran to the Central Asian States, Middle East and Europe (Via Turkey).
