Birgunj Customs Office collects Rs 65.5bn in revenue from petroleum imports

BIRGUNJ, PARSA: Birgunj Customs Office has collected the largest volume of revenue, amounting to Rs 65.5 billion, from the import of petroleum products in the last 10 months of current fiscal year 2024/25.

The customs office stated that the declared value of five types of petroleum products imported over the same period amounted to Rs 155.94 billion.

Chief Customs Administrator at Birgunj office, Deepak Lamichhane, said that the main source of customs revenue is the import of petroleum products and vehicles.

Similarly, the import of transport vehicles and their parts generated the second largest volume of revenue, amounting to Rs 15.24 billion. This represents a total share of 10.93% of the revenue derived from customs duty.

The office collected revenue of Rs 5.25 billion from iron and iron-made products, and Rs 4.55 billion from the import of machinery and parts.

Lamichhane further stated that revenue amounting to Rs 3.37 billion was collected from the import of electric machinery, accessories and their parts.

The office collected revenue of Rs 2.87 billion from the import of all types of clothes in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year.

Other revenue sources include Rs 2.23 billion from the import of tobacco and tobacco products, and Rs 2.22 billion from cosmetics items.

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