Customs Service collected over 726 million lei last week

11:48 | 06.03.2023 Category: Economic

Chisinau, March 6. /MOLDPRES/- On 27 February -5 March the Customs Service collected over 726.9 million lei (36.3 million euros) to the state budget.

According to the institution, private people introduced goods whose value in customs exceeds the non-taxable limit, being collected payments worth more than 20.2 million lei, which represents 2.8% 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.

At the same time, last week, 11,516 customs declarations were completed, and the flow of means of transport was 65,872 crossings.

In the fight against fraud, 68 violations of the customs legislation were found and fines of over 277 thousand lei were applied.

Since the beginning of the current year, the Customs Service has collected about 5.8 billion lei from the state budget, 18.2% more compared to the same period last year.

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