Customs Service collected over 700 million lei last week
09:57 | 14.11.2022 Category: Social
Chisinau, Nov. 14 /MOLDPRES/- On November 7-13, the Customs Service collected over 700.23 million lei (about 35.3 million euros) to the state budget.
According to the institution, in the same period private people brought goods into the territory of the country whose customs value exceeds the non-taxable limit, and payments amounting to over 18 million lei were collected, which represents 2.6% of the total amount collected for that period.
Also, 10,901 customs declarations were completed, and the flow of means of transport was 72,807 crossings.
In terms of fight against fraud, 47 violations of customs legislation were found and fines of over 246 thousand lei were applied. The money collected from taxpayers is paid directly into the state budget and redistributed for salaries, infrastructure development, social projects, etc.
Since the beginning of the current year, the Customs Service has collected about 28.7 billion lei to the state budget, an increase of 19.6% compared to the same period last year.