Teknaf landport earns Tk 156.4m in revenue in October

COX'S BAZAR, Nov 2: The Teknaf land port earned Tk 156.4 million (Tk 15.64 lakh) worth of revenue in the last month. According to sources, Bangladesh-Myanmar border traders imported various commodities from Myanmar through the Teknaf landport in October last. The imports accounted for Tk 458 million against exports worth Tk 22.3 million.
When contacted, the revenue officer of the Customs Department of the Teknaf land port Shankor Kumar Das told this correspondent that National Board of Revenue (NBR) fixed the target of revenue income at Tk 10.62 crore for the month of October. But revenue income reached Tk 15. crore. As a result the revenue income rose by Tk 50 million, Shankor said.
Under border trade contracts traders import rice, fish, wood, cow, buffalo, goats, pickle, plum, tamarind and different spices and fruits from Myanmar. They export clothes, aluminium, sanitary goods and human hair to Myanmar.
The Teknaf land port earned revenue worth more than Tk 140 million in last September.
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