KARACHI: The Collectorates of MCC-Preventive, MCC-Hyderabad, MCC-Exports, MCC-Exports (Port Muhammad Bin Qasim), MCC-Quetta and MCC-Gwadar of Enforcement (South-Region) have collected customs duty amounting to Rs 1.77 billion in October, surpassing the revenue target by Rs 316.98 million.
According to details, the MCC-Preventive has collected Rs 1.14 billion in term of customs duty in the month of October-2014 against its set target of Rs 1.06 billion with an increase of Rs 89.14 million.
The MCC-Hyderabad has collected an amount of Rs 266.11 million in term of customs duty against its set target of Rs 379.39 million with a shortfall of Rs 113.28 million.
The MCC-Export has collected an amount of Rs 560.49 million in share of customs duty against the set target of Rs 398.03 million with a huge increase of Rs 162.46 million.
The Export (Port Muhammad Bin Qasim) has collected an amount of Rs 132.49 million in share of customs duty against its set target of Rs 498.40 million with a massive decrease of Rs 365.91million.
Furthermore, the MCC-Quetta has collected an amount of Rs 73.32 million in share of customs duty against its set target of Rs 79.87 million with a slight shortfall of Rs 6.55 million.
Meanwhile, the MCC-Gwadar has collected an amount of Rs 93.14million in share of customs duty against its set target of Rs 40.42million with a huge increase of Rs 52.72 million.
Sources informed Customs Today that the Chief Collector-Enforcement-South Muhammad Nazim Saleem has asked the authorities concerned to speed up the revenue achievement in term of customs duty with a view to attain the revenue target set by the Federal Board of Revenue.