Goods worth N77bn exported through Apapa port in 6 months

Harboursandport.com: Lagos - Goods worth over N77 billion ($171.1 million) were exported through Apapa Port in the first six months of the year, the Customs Area Controller, CAC, Apapa Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Mohammed Abba-Kura has said.

Abba-Kura disclosed this in Lagos while presenting the half-year Report of the Command, noted that the Command also impounded a 2018 Rolls Royce, 2019 Lamborghini Hurricane, and 142 containers improperly imported with a total Duty Paid Value, DPV of N324.5 million.

Abba-Kura also said that the Command in the first six months of the year collected a total of N227.3 billion into the government's coffers.

He said that the goods exported through Apapa port were agricultural products, mineral resources and steel bars, amongst others with Free On Board, FOB value of N52.3 billion.

He said that the total tonnage of these goods stood at 1.642 million tonnes with FOB value of $171.1 million.

He noted that as part of its anti-smuggling efforts, the Command impounded 64 containers of pharmaceutical products, 32 containers of rice, seven containers of used clothing and shoes, 25 containers of vegetable oil and three vehicles.

Others according to the Customs boss are two containers of packaging materials, two containers of detergent, and a container of Candy Milk. The impounded items also include one container each of used-tyres, cigarettes, rugs, and textile materials.

The Apapa Customs boss said that the Command recorded a steady improvement in revenue collection all through the half-year except for the month of May which recorded a decline of about N3.5 billion when compared between the year 2019 to 2020.

In his words, “The Command collected a total sum of N203.264 billion as Customs Duty and other charges like seven per cent surcharge, Value Added Tax, one per cent Comprehensive Import Supervision Scheme, CISS amongst others.

The total revenue collected during the period under review stood at N227.3 billion. This represents an increase of N24.084 billion, the equivalent of 10.59 per cent from the previous year, he noted.

 The CAC attributed the achievement to the resolve of officers and men of the Command to enforce the Federal Government’s Fiscal Policy.