Customs Service collected over 688 million lei to state budget last week

10:56 | 20.02.2023 Category: Economic

Chisinau, February 20 /MOLDPRES/- On February 13-19, the Customs Service collected over 688.1 million lei (about 34.4 million euros) to the state budget.

According to the institution, private people introduced goods whose customs value exceeds the non-taxable limit, and payments amounting to over 19.1 million lei were collected, which represents 2.8% of the total amount. The money collected from taxpayers is paid directly into the state budget and redistributed for salaries, infrastructure development, social projects, etc.

At the same time, 11,867 customs declarations were completed, and the flow of means of transport was 68,800 crossings.

In the fight against fraud, 54 violations of customs legislation were found and fines of over 182 thousand lei were applied.

Since the beginning of the current year, the Customs Service has collected about 4.4 billion lei to the state budget, up by 25.8% than the receipts of the same period last year.

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