Benapole customs posts 10pc revenue growth
A Correspondent, Benapole
Benapole Customs House earned Tk 1238.66 core in revenue in the fiscal year 2005-06, achieving 99.9 per cent of its revenue earning target and posting a 10 per cent annual growth.The target was Tk 1240 crore and the land port earned around Tk 113 crore more revenue in FY06 compared to the previous fiscal's total earning of Tk 1126 crore. The overall import through the land port decreased by 27 per cent during the fiscal, resulting in Tk 1.34 crore shortfall of the target. The revenue generation increased mainly due to strong monitoring system against tax evasion and corruption in the Benapole land port, sources said. The land port earned Tk 124 crore in June, Tk 131 crore in May, Tk 149.4 crore in April, Tk 108.95 crore in March, Tk 113 crore in February and Tk 94.04 crore in January this year. Revenue earning through the land port in the last six months of the previous year was Tk 94.15 crore in December, Tk 70.85 crore in November, Tk 94.19 crore in October, Tk 108.22 crore in September, Tk 78.92 crore in August and Tk 84.08 crore in July.
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