Benapole fails to reach revenue collection target

Benapole Customs House has failed to achieve its revenue collection target set for the first four months of 2012-13.
In the period, the customs house collected around Tk 672 crore, down by over 20 percent from the target of Tk 845.10.
Industry insiders blamed the fall on the unwillingness of businesses to use the customs house for imports to avoid strict customs rules.
The National Board of Revenue earlier set a target of Tk 2,620 crore in 2012-13 for Benapole, said Akbor Hossain, joint commissioner of the customs house.