06/01/2022
2021: Onne Customs Generates N188.6bn, Surpasses 2020 Collection With N69bn
The Area ll Command of Nigeria Customs Service in Onne Port has achieved a record breaking collection of N188,643,692,057 from January to December 2021.
Announcing the collection at the close of work on Friday, December 31, 2021, Customs Area Controller (CAC)of the Command, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed described the collection as the highest in the history of the command.
Comptroller Mohammed said the 2021 total is N69,684,478,058 above the total of N118,959,215,999 that was collected in 2020.
On enforcement and anti smuggling activities, the CAC also revealed that 34 seizures were made last year. The seizures , according to him ,had a total duty paid value of N11,983,429,216.
Prominent among the seizures is 1,387 cartons of tramadol falsely declared to evade detection. Other seizures include rice, engine parts, vegetable oil and other concealed items with intent by defiant agents and importers to evade accurate duty payments.
On export, within the period under review, the command processed 1,083,846 metric tonnes of cargo with total Free On Board (FOB) value of $402,367,568. The Nigerian Export Supervision Scheme (NESS) value of the total export is N764,462,724 .
While commending the officers of the command for their relentless commitment to ensuring facilitation of legitimate trade and preventing smuggling of any form, Comptroller Mohammed urged them to intensify efforts in carrying out all NCS functions in the command in 2022.
He advised them to brace up with technology as the procured scanners will be deployed to use soon for faster cargo clearance and easier detection of concealments, thereby facilitating trade.
He said the command will continue to build on achieved successes recorded through customs community relations effort.
The CAC in an end of the year interaction with senior officers said " I commend you all for the feats we have jointly achieved in revenue collection, enforcement and trade facilitation.
"They are indeed laudable milestones that we must not only sustain but also improve upon for the benefit of our country's economy and national security.
"As we enter 2022 , let us continue to blend our enforcement capability with intelligence.
FEMI OKONOFUA
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