The Benapole Customs House fetched Tk 4,148.27 crore as revenue collection in the last fiscal year (FY21) despite the Covid-19 pandemic, which was 58 per cent higher than the previous fiscal year (FY20).
The revenue collection from the Benapole Customs House in the FY20 was Tk 2,635.77 crore.
Benapole Customs House Commissioner Md Azizur Rahman said their offices remained open despite the pandemic, providing round the clock services to its clients.
“As a result, the revenue collection witnessed a whopping rise in the last fiscal year (FY21) compared to the previous fiscal year (FY20). There have been good results in revenue collection due to effective measures to prevent tax evasion and adoption of digital services,” he added.
Azizur informed that due to the pandemic, the imports of high duty products through the Benapole land port witnessed a downtrend in the last fiscal year while there was also lockdown in various states of India for a long time to rein in the Covid-19 infection rate.
As a result, the commissioner said that there was an impact on the overall revenue collection for which it was not possible to attain Tk 6,100 crore revenue collection by the customs house in the last fiscal year (FY21).
