HYDERABAD: Model Customs Collectorate generated Rs1689.917million customs duties and taxes during the last week of May 2017 against the set target of Rs1930.98million.
Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad earned Customs Duty (CD), Sales Tax (ST), Federal Excise Duty (FED) and Income Tax (IT) during the above said period.
Collectorate received Rs415.281 Customs Duty (CD) against the allocated target of Rs370.78million.
Collectorate branch was tasked with the collection target of Rs1.518million against the earmarked Sales Tax of Rs1260.937million.
It got Rs1.875million Federal Excise Duty (FED) against the set target of Rs2.2million.
It received Rs11.824million Income Tax during the above said period against the target of Rs40million.
The major tax sources were Hyderabad Dry Port, Sukkur and Larkana Divisions, Hyderabad State Warehouse Huffaz Seamless Pipe Industries, Crescent Steel, Omni Polymer Industries, Rema Cooking Oil and Pakistan State Oil.(PSO).
Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) also seized non-duty paid goods worth millions of rupees during April-May 2017.
Under the supervision of Hyderabad Collector, Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq, additional collector Rehmatulah Vistro, deputy collector dry port customs, Mushtaq Shahni, and others, played an important role in revenue collection, officials said.
During the two months, the ASO aborted various smuggling attempts and made big seizures including non-duty-paid vehicles, cigarettes, diesel, Gutka and other goods worth millions of rupees.