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Apapa Customs Generates ₦1 Trillion In 2022, Records Seizures Worth ₦14.4 Billion
Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command said it generated ₦1.022 Trillion as revenue in 2022.
The amount collected in 2022 was 16.07 percent higher than the ₦870 billion collected in 2021.
On anti-Smuggling, 157 containers with a DPV of ₦14.4b were seized by the Command during the period.
The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command said it generated over One trillion naira (₦1,022,530,523,699.4) as revenue for the year 2022 despite the challenges in the economic and trade supply chain.
The Command said that the amount collected in 2022 was 16.07 percent higher than the ₦870,388,340,650.65 (about ₦870 billion) collected in 2021.
The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Yusuf Malanta made this known at a press briefing on Thursday while highlighting the activities of the Command for the year 2022.
According to Comptroller Yusuf, the Command made giant strides in revenue collection, enforcement of anti-smuggling operations, and export promotion through technology-driven initiatives and synergy with noble stakeholders in the industry.
“This feat was made possible because of our officers and men’s resilience in blocking revenue leakages and ensuring that all unpaid declarations and utilized Pre-Arrival Assessment Reports (PAARs) have been traced and accounted to the federal government coffers”, Yusuf noted.
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On Anti-Smuggling, he said that 157 containers with a duty paid value (DPV) of ₦14.4 billion were seized during the period under review, as against 102 containers with DPV of ₦31.8 billion seized in the year 2021.
The CAC noted that fake and prohibited drugs without necessary NAFDAC certification and overdose drugs of Tramadol top the list of seizures for the year.
“Other items seized include codeine syrup, foreign parboiled rice, vegetable oil, processed/unprocessed wood, used clothing, etc”, he emphasized.
“So far, a total number of 60 suspects were arrested in connection with some of the seizures and are at various stages of investigation and prosecution by other agencies of government we handed over to”, he revealed.
On export trade, the CAC pointed out that the Command recorded a total of $68.5 million Free on board (FOB) value with a naira equivalent of ₦28.2 billion of non-oil commodities with a total tonnage of 6.4 million Metric tonnes exported through Apapa port.
According to him, items exported through Apapa Port last year 2022 include steel bars, agricultural produce such as hibiscus, sesame seeds, cocoa, cashew nuts, ginger, soya beans, and mineral products.
