Revenue collection at Bhairahawa Customs is 37 percent below target

From the point of view of revenue collection, Bhairahawa Customs is considered to be the second largest customs after Birgunj. This is the third time in a row that the Bhairawa Customs Office has not met the revenue collection target. According to the Bhairawa Customs Office, the target was to collect 1 trillion 27 billion 83 crores of revenue in the year 2080/081. But the collection is only 80 billion 83 million done This collection is 63 percent according to the target.

Chief of Bhairahawa Customs Office Narad Gautam said that jeeps, cars, vans, motorcycles, diesels, which have been contributing a lot in revenue collection in the past, He said that the revenue collection target could not be met due to the decrease in the import of the main items such as mobiles and marble. "The revenue collection target was affected due to the decrease in the import of high revenue goods," said Gautam, "Due to the plight of the Butwal Narayangarh road section, the importers changed to another checkpoint." He said that the revenue was also affected by the strict and some customs exemption policies. Bhairahawa Customs had set a revenue collection target of 1 trillion 55 billion 60 crores in the last fiscal year 2079/080 and collected only 76 billion 89 crores. In FY 078/079, the target was to collect 1 trillion 27 billion revenue, but 1 trillion 15 billion 87 billion revenue was collected.

During the Madhesh movement and India's embargo, Bhairahawa was the most convenient and safe compared to other customs in the country, so importers from all over the country were attracted to Bhairahawa. Imports from Bhairahawa crossing started increasing rapidly. As the revenue also increased along with the increase in import, the goal of revenue collection started to be set accordingly.

Gradually, as the other ports became easier, the importers started importing from the previously used ports. Krishna Prasad Ghimire, the former president of Bhairahawa Customs Agents Association, said that the revenue target of Bhairahawa Customs was increasing, but the import was decreasing.