Customs collects VND138 tril in 8 months

11:09, 06/09/2011

(ĐN)- According to General Department of Customs, the sector collected VND138 trillion in taxes over the past eight months, equivalent to 76 percent of the estimation, a year-on-year increase of nearly 18 percent.

(ĐN)- According to General Department of Customs, the sector collected VND138 trillion in taxes over the past eight months, equivalent to 76 percent of the estimation, a year-on-year increase of nearly 18 percent.

Of the total, revenue from import-export taxes and special consumption taxes reached over VND52,440 billion while that from value-added taxes was VND85,445 billion.

In this period, the sector collected US$127.83 billion worth of import-export taxes, up 29.2 percent compared to the same period of last year. Particularly, export turnover amounted to over US$60 billion, up 33.7%; meanwhile, import spending was estimated at US$67.21 million, up 25.4%.

Reported by X.P