Customs Service collected about 726 million lei last week

11:19 | 16.10.2023 Category: Economic

Chisinau, Oct. 16 /MOLDPRES/- The Customs Service collected over 725.9 million lei to the state budget on October 9 - 15, 2023. Earlier this year, the Customs Service has collected about 26.8 billion lei to the state budget (about 36.3 million euros), up by 2.9% compared to the same period of 2022.

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, private people entered goods whose customs value exceeded the non-taxable limit, and payments in the amount of over 28.5 million lei were collected, which represents 3.9% of the total amount collected for the period.

The past week, 12,419 customs declarations were completed, and the flow of means of transport was 79,846 crossings. The most transited customs posts remain Leușeni and Sculeni, with 18,691 and 14,029 crossings, respectively.

In terms of combating fraud, 62 violations of customs legislation were found and fines of over 173 thousand lei were applied, the Customs Service summarizes.

Photo: Customs Service

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