HYDERABAD: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Hyderabad has generated Rs1046.120million customs duty and taxes during 28 days of March 2017.
The department collected Rs285.836million customs duty, Rs747.581million sales tax (On Imports) Rs0.750million federal excise duty (Special FED on Imports ) and Rs11.943million Withholding Tax (WHT) during the abovementioned period.
The major tax sources were dry port, Hyderabad state warehouse and Hyderabad-Sukkur-Larkana division, Huffaz Seamless Pipe Industries, Crescent Steel, Omni Polymer Industries, Rema Cooking Oil and Pakistan State Oil.
Under the supervision of Hyderabad Customs Collector Agha Shahid Majeed Khan, Additional Collector Rehmatullah Vistro, Deputy Collector Shahid Ali Abbasi and Superintendent Mohammed Yaqoob Pasha played an important role in revenue collection, officials said.
They added that the anti-smuggling campaign is in full swing in the region following the direction of the Federal Board of Revenue and Collector Agha Shahid Majeed Khan to streamline the national economy.
The ASO Hyderabad-Larkana-Sukkur division also foiled various smuggling attempts and made big seizures including non-duty paid vehicles, different cigarettes, Iranian diesel HSD and other goods worth million of rupees.