Bhadrapur (Jhapa), March 19: Mechi Customs Office has collected Rs 11.58 billion in revenue in the first eight months of the current fiscal year. This is 96.06 percent of the target set for the same period.
According to the Information Officer Ishwar Kumar Humagain, the target was to collect Rs 12.55 billion by the end of Falgun of the current fiscal year.
In the eight months of the current fiscal year, Rs 4.89 billion has been collected under the customs duty, Rs 220 million under the customs duty export, Rs 63 million under the customs related other income, Rs 629 thousand under the export service fee, and Rs 100 million under the agricultural reform fee.
Similarly, Rs 264.22 million has been collected under the excise duty, Rs 392.38 million under the road maintenance and improvement fee, Rs 1.22 billion under the infrastructure tax, Rs 1.22 billion under the health risk tax, Rs 4.20 billion under the value added tax (import) and Rs 132.35 million under the green tax.
The office has set an annual target of collecting a total of Rs 18.87 billion under the current fiscal year 2082/083, added Information Officer Humagai.
