The Apapa Area 1 Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said yesterday that it collected N20.3 billion in April, up from the N18.8 billion recorded in March.
A statement issued in Lagos by Mr Emmanuel Ekpa, the Public Relations Officer of the command, said the figure was, however, lower than the monthly target of N39 billion.
The statement said that the shortfall in revenue generated in April was as a result of continuing low importation into the country for some time now.
The Apapa Area 1 Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said yesterday that it collected N20.3 billion in April, up from the N18.8 billion recorded in March.
A statement issued in Lagos by Mr Emmanuel Ekpa, the Public Relations Officer of the command, said the figure was, however, lower than the monthly target of N39 billion.
The statement said that the shortfall in revenue generated in April was as a result of continuing low importation into the country for some time now.
“A breakdown of the revenue figures showed that the Federation revenues stood at N8.40 billion, while Non-Federation revenues stood at N9.13 billion in the month under review,’’ it said.
The statement said that the Negotiable Duty Credit Certificate (NDCC) stood at N2.5 billion in April, while the seven per cent levy on the NDCC was N188 million.
The command said that the Federation revenues consisted of Common External Tariff (CET), Import duty, Fees and others.
Non-Federation revenues are the five per cent VAT, seven per cent Port Levy, one per cent Comprehensive Import Supervision Scheme, five per cent Sugar Levy and 0.5 per cent ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation levy.
The statement said that other components of the Non-Federation revenues were brown rice duty, wheat flour levy, wheat grain levy, 20 per cent rice levy, iron levy, 100 per cent cigarettes levy.
It said that a new addition to the Non-Federation revenues, the Nigerian Export Supervision Scheme, stood at about N80 million in March.
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