The Tincan Island Customs command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it collected N179,275,629,170.74) between January and July 10th 2019.
The figure is contained in the half year report of the command signed by the Area Controller, Comptroller MBA Musa and made public by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Uche Ejesieme over the weekend.
In the preceding year 2018, the figure indicated that the Command realized N172,514,359,076.83.
Ejesieme stated that the latest report represents 52.28% of the annual target with a differential of N6,761,270,093.91 from the record of the previous year.
He said, “Following the renewed enthusiasm and development of Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) for operational efficiency, the Command has witnessed a major paradigm in its statutory functions.
This trajectory provided the needed impetus for the smooth implementation of the Presidential Directives on Ease of Doing Business.
Generally speaking, it is instructive to note that the command has gone beyond Revenue Collection/generation, to creating an enabling environment for Legitimate businesses to thrive in line with the Presidential mandate, with the resolve by the Command to achieve speedy clearance of cargo from the Ports and also reduce the cost of doing business.
It is all these several factors that have projected the command as a hub and most business friendly with remarkable profile.
On export, the command said during the period under review, it embarked on full automation of Export procedures as a panacea for seamless transactions.
“To this effect, the Command achieved a total of 150,930.7 Metric Tonnes of Export with FOB Value of N68,887,226,493.00.
He added that the Command, during the preceding year of 2018, recorded 118,452.87MTS of Export with FOB of N63,109,427.00.
“The milestone recorded in the area of export is clearly indicative of awareness by stakeholders on the available opportunities inherent in Export business. The Command will continue to sensitize and encourage would be exporters”, he added.
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