Customs Service collected over 829 million lei last week

11:39 | 10.10.2022 Category: Economic

Chisinau, Oct. 10 /MOLDPRES/- On 3-9 October the Customs Service collected over 829.6 million lei (about 41.4 million euros) to the state budget, up by 16.4% compared to the same period last year.

According to the Customs Service, private people introduced goods whose value in customs exceeds the non-taxable limit, and payments amounting to over 18.8 million lei were collected, which represents 2.3% of the total amount collected. The money collected from taxpayers is paid directly into the state budget and redistributed for salaries, infrastructure development, social projects, etc.

Also, during the past week, 11,399 customs declarations were completed, and the flow of means of transport constituted 76,233 crossings.

In the fight against fraud, 39 violations of customs legislation were found and fines of over 107 thousand lei were applied.

Since the beginning of the current year, the Customs Service has collected about 25.4 billion lei to the state budget, up by 20.7% compared to the same period last year.

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