KATHMANDU, May 27: The Sirsiya-based Birgunj Dry Port Customs Office has collected revenue amounting to Rs 41.18 billion in the first ten months of the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25. This represents 68.58 percent of the office’s annual revenue target.
Chief Customs Officer Dhan Bahadur Baruwal stated that revenue collection during this period increased by Rs 1.14 billion compared to the same period last FY. “In the first ten months of the previous FY, revenue collection stood at Rs 40.03 billion,” he said, “Compared to last year, there has been an overall increase of 2.85 percent in revenue collection this year.”
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The customs office had collected Rs 3.75 billion in the month of Shrawan (mid-July to mid-August), Rs 4.64 billion in mid-August to mid-September, Rs 4.36 billion in mid-September to mid-October and Rs 3.79 billion in mid-October to mid-November.
Similarly, it collected revenue Rs 3.22 billion in mid-November to mid-December, Rs 3.56 billion in mid-December to mid-January, Rs 4.29 billion in mid-January to mid-February, Rs 4.68 billion in mid-February to mid-March, Rs 4.5 billion in mid-March to mid-April and Rs 4.34 billion in mid-April to mid-May.
The Department of Customs had set a target to the Birgunj Dry Port customs office of collecting Rs 60.04 billion revenue in the current FY.
