Export, import increase remarkably through Benapole land port
Sunday, 20 September 2009
Exports and imports through the Benapole land port increased remarkably in the last five years. This has raised the government's revenue income from the land port and enhanced the activities in the customs house, reports BSS.
According to Benapole land port sources, the total revenue collection of Benapole customs house was Tk 1600 crore in fiscal 2008-09, which is Tk 200 crore more than the revenue in the previous year.
The revenue collection of the land port in 2003-04 was Tk 908 crore, in 2004-05 Tk 1,126 crore, in 2005-06 Tk 1,238 crore, and in 2006-07 Tk 1,377 crore. The revenue collection target in 2007-08 was Tk 1,461 crore, but the collected revenue was Tk 1,686 crore.
Sources said goods worth Tk 4,768 crore were imported from India through the port in 2003-04 as were goods worth Tk 5,358 crore in 2004-05, Tk 54,500 crore in 2005-06, and Tk 7,780 crore in 2006-07.
With the increase in imports, the revenue income from the land port rose several times in the last five years.
Besides, exports through the Benapole land port has also increased in the last five years.
Goods worth Tk 3,583 crore were exported through the land port in the last five years. The exported items included raw jute, jute goods, betel nut, paddy-chaff, waste clothes, fresh fish, battery, ceramic titles, soap and crushed bone.
The items imported from India include rice, sugar, onion, raw cotton, bus, truck, motorcar, motorcycle, spare parts, tyre, tube, paper, television, refrigerator, air conditioner, industrial capital machinery, fruits, baby food and coconut oil.
Following the increase in export, import and revenue earning, the land port authorities are now facing difficulties in doing all the tasks with the existing manpower.
The number of manpower in the land port is now 227, which was 289 in 1997-98.
A several-year-old proposal to increase manpower in the land port is yet to be implemented.
Goods are being stolen from the storage for lack of adequate security personnel. Loading and unloading of goods are also being hampered in absence of adequate equipment.
Assistant Customs Commissioner Kazi Fariduzzaman said the activities in the land port have become slow to some extent because of manpower constraint.
According to Benapole land port sources, the total revenue collection of Benapole customs house was Tk 1600 crore in fiscal 2008-09, which is Tk 200 crore more than the revenue in the previous year.
The revenue collection of the land port in 2003-04 was Tk 908 crore, in 2004-05 Tk 1,126 crore, in 2005-06 Tk 1,238 crore, and in 2006-07 Tk 1,377 crore. The revenue collection target in 2007-08 was Tk 1,461 crore, but the collected revenue was Tk 1,686 crore.
Sources said goods worth Tk 4,768 crore were imported from India through the port in 2003-04 as were goods worth Tk 5,358 crore in 2004-05, Tk 54,500 crore in 2005-06, and Tk 7,780 crore in 2006-07.
With the increase in imports, the revenue income from the land port rose several times in the last five years.
Besides, exports through the Benapole land port has also increased in the last five years.
Goods worth Tk 3,583 crore were exported through the land port in the last five years. The exported items included raw jute, jute goods, betel nut, paddy-chaff, waste clothes, fresh fish, battery, ceramic titles, soap and crushed bone.
The items imported from India include rice, sugar, onion, raw cotton, bus, truck, motorcar, motorcycle, spare parts, tyre, tube, paper, television, refrigerator, air conditioner, industrial capital machinery, fruits, baby food and coconut oil.
Following the increase in export, import and revenue earning, the land port authorities are now facing difficulties in doing all the tasks with the existing manpower.
The number of manpower in the land port is now 227, which was 289 in 1997-98.
A several-year-old proposal to increase manpower in the land port is yet to be implemented.
Goods are being stolen from the storage for lack of adequate security personnel. Loading and unloading of goods are also being hampered in absence of adequate equipment.
Assistant Customs Commissioner Kazi Fariduzzaman said the activities in the land port have become slow to some extent because of manpower constraint.