Customs Service collected over 700 million lei last week

Chisinau, July 24. /MOLDPRES/- On July 17-23, the Customs Service collected over 700.6 million lei (about 35 million euros) to the state budget.

Private people introduced goods whose customs value exceeded the non-taxable limit, and payments of over 25.2 million lei were collected, which represents 3.6% 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.

The past week, 11,598 customs declarations were completed, and the flow of means of transport was 86,536 crossings. The most transited customs posts remain Leușeni and Sculeni, with 22,957 and 16,142 crossings, respectively.

In the fight against fraud, 75 violations of customs legislation were found and fines of over 293 thousand lei were applied.

Since the beginning of this year, the Customs Service has collected about 18.4 billion lei to the state budget, 3.6% more compared to the same period last year.