Benapole revenue income goes ahead of target

Customs House of Benapole land port earned Tk 961.75 crore in revenue during the first six months of the current fiscal year, which is Tk 93.62 crore more than the target set for the period.
A target of earning Tk 868.44 crore in revenue has been fixed for the country's largest land port in the July-December period of fiscal 2009-2010, according to the sources in the customs house.
They said around 6,78,876 tonnes of goods were imported from India through the port during the first half of the fiscal year.
Earlier, the authorities fixed a target of collecting Tk 1,783 crore for the financial year.
The revenue income shows the upward trend in the import-export trade through the port in recent times.