Customs Service revenues amounted to over 557.3 million lei last week

Chisinau, May 16 / MOLDPRES /- Customs Service revenues to the state budget amounted on May 9-15 to over 557.3 million lei (about 28 million euros), up by 22.2% than the budget burden set for this period.

According to the institution, individuals introduced goods whose value in customs exceeds the non-taxable limit, being collected payments amounting to over 15.4 million lei, which represents 2.8% of the total amount collected for that period. "The money collected from taxpayers is paid directly into the state budget and redistributed for salaries, infrastructure development, social projects, etc.," says the Customs Service.

Also, during the last week, 10,015 customs declarations were made, and the flow of means of transport constituted 77,251 crossings. The busiest customs posts remain Leuseni and Sculeni, with 21,222 and 15,929 crossings, respectively.

Regarding the fight against fraud, during the period covered, 64 violations of the customs legislation were found and fines in the amount of over 213 thousand lei were applied. The most frequent violations refer to the exceeding of the term on the territory of the Republic of Moldova of the means of transport with foreign numbers, declared by action, according to the quoted source.

Since the beginning of this year, the Customs Service has collected 10.9 billion lei from the state budget, with a 24.6% increase compared to the revenues from the corresponding period of 2021.

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