...Records 46 seizures 1 '22
Harboursandport.com: Lagos - Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Apapa Area 1 Command has announced revenue collection of N264.5 for first quarter of 2022.
The above figure represent 65.7percent increase amounting to N159billion collected within the corresponding period of 2021.
According to the command, it's anti-smuggling activities also yielded 46 seizures with a Duty Paid Value of N1.14 billion.
This is against a total of 28 seizures recorded same period in the prior year.
Addressing journalists in his office, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mallanta Ibrahim said seized items include unregistered medicaments such as tramadol and codeine syrup, unprocessed wood, used clothing, footwear, foreign parboiled rice amongst others.
In export, the command processed goods worth N34 billion.
The above is with a Free On Board, FOB, Value of $87.9.million for the period under review, as against $82.1 million export proceeded between January and March 2021.
The Apapa Customs boss noted that while the command is ready to facilitate trade, the service multiple layers of checks will fish out any contravention.
"Let me reiterate that Apapa Command is always ready to facilitate legitimate trade and ensuring that all forms of smuggling activities through false declaration on import/export done in defiance to extant trade guidelines will be detected through our layers of control mechanism.
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