KARACHI: Under the supervision of Collector Irfanur Rehman Khan, Collectorate of Customs Jinnah International Airport (JIAP), Karachi collected Rs2658.02 million as customs duty during the month of June, 2020 against the assigned target of Rs1693.02 million thereby exceeding the target by Rs965 million which is 57 percent higher than the target.
The Collectorate of JIAP collcted Rs21175.31 million of customs duty during the financial year 2019-20 as compared to given target of Rs20488.69 million i.e. increase of 23.16 percent as compared to the last financial year. A total amount of duty and taxes amounting to Rs51.4 billion was collected during financial year 2018-19.
Despite COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in lockdown and suspension of flight operations, the revenue target was achived by taking administrative measures such as post release audit, correct valuation, finalization of provisional assessment and automation in assessment of mobile phones.
Collector Customs Jinnah International Airport, Irfanur Rehman Khan has congratulated the officers and staff of the Collectorate on achieving the target. He stated that his was achieved by the hard work of all the team members.