KOTA KINABALU, Feb 13 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized various types of goods, including taxable items, with a total value of RM169.20 million throughout January this year.
Its director-general Datuk Anis Rizana Mohd Zainudin said the seizures were the result of enforcement operations that successfully foiled 646 cases of smuggling attempts and duty and tax evasion.
“The five main commodities contributing to the seizure value were vehicles amounting to RM65.26 million, cigarettes (RM38.68 million), other commodities (RM31.41 million), liquor (RM25.31 million), drugs (RM7.51 million), and firecrackers and fireworks (RM1.03 million),” she said.
Anis was speaking to the media after the handover ceremony for four-wheel-drive vehicles donated by the state government at the Sabah police contingent headquarters today.
She added that throughout January this year, the department also recorded revenue collection of RM9.97 billion compared with the monthly projection of RM9.17 billion, an excess of RM800 million or 108.72 per cent.
Based on current collections as well as carefully planned strategies, it is optimistic about achieving the annual target of RM80 billion set by the Finance Ministry (MOF).
Last year, Customs recorded outstanding revenue collection of RM76.18 billion, surpassing the MOF's projection.
