TinCan Island Port Customs Command Generates N135.44bn In Q1
... Records Massive Seizures
The TinCan Island Ports Customs Command has in its operation in the first three months of 2022 achieved a revenue of N135,443,223,283.31, which is an improvement of N22,747,530,124.65, translating to 20.18 per cent when compared with 2021 first quarter revenue of N112,695,693,158.66.
The Command’s controller, Comptroller Adekunle Oloyede who made this known when he spoke with Journalists on Wednesday, noted that the feat was possible because he came with a renewed enthusiasm in the area of discipline trade facilitation and revenue drive devoid of extortionist tendencies.
According to him the command’s operation for the first quarter of 2022 aligned with the statutory responsibilities of the service in the areas revenue generation, Trade facilitation and enforcement/ anti-smuggling activities.
“In addition to the above, my mandate also included putting modalities in place to boost export and increase revenue through the use of risk management mechanism in identifying areas of leakages with a view to blocking them.
Oloyede said the total tonnage of goods exported through TinCan Island Port for the period under review was 71014.4 MetricTonnes (MT) with a total FOB Value of N56, 205,901,295, while in the preceding year within the same period the total tonnage was 44,502.9MT and a total FOB Value of N31,371,825,954.
“Comparatively, between January to March 2021 and 2022, the tonnage of goods exported through the command increased from 44,502.9 MT to 71,014 representing an increase of 62,67per cent. The FOB Value in Naira of the above mentioned tonnage also increased from N31,371,825,954 to N56,205,901,295 representing an increase of 55.82 per cent within the period under review”, he said.
Commodities exported according to Oloyede include; Copper Ingots, Stainless Ingots, Sesame Seeds, Cashew Nuts, Cocoa Beans, Rubber, Cocoa Butter, Leather, Ginger, Frozen Shrimps among others.
In the area of enforcement and anti-smuggling, Oloyede said it intercepted 145 kilograms of Colorado (Indian hemp), 206,000 pieces of machetes with no End User Certificate and others prohibited items with the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.048 billion.
The Colorado drugs was concealed in two units of Ridgeline trucks and two units of Toyota corolla vehicles while the machetes made in Ghana were concealed in eight containers.
Other seizures include 640 bales of used clothes, 236,500 pieces of used shoes, 62,500 pieces of new lady’s shoes, 1,670,400 pieces of Chloroquine injections (Smg/Sml), 1,814,400 pieces Novalgen injection (500mg/Sml), 48,850 rolls of cigarettes and 23,800 tins of sodium bromate and baking powder.
Showcasing the seizures to newsmen at Tin Can Port, the Controller informed that the machetes were seized due to security issues in the country and because it came without End User Certificate from the office of National Security Adviser for the importation of the items, adding that import of these products contravenes Sections 46, 47 and 161 of the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA) Cap 45 LFN 2004.
