The Area Controller, Tincan Island Command, Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Abdullahi Musa, said that the command generated N320.96 billion from January to August.
Musa made this known at a media conference in Lagos.
He said that the command, during the same period last year, generated N248.89 billion.
The comptroller said that a comparative analysis of revenue collection for the two periods indicates a difference of N72.06 billion, representing an improvement of 28.63 per cent.
As regards export, he said that the command’s January to August returns on Nigeria Export Proceed for commercial exports indicated a total of 1,497,897.1 Metric Tonnes of goods with a free on board value of N82.5 billion.
He said that the export was generally agricultural products and manufactured goods.
He noted that this was against 151.855.9 Metric Tonnes with an FOB Value of N78.46 billion exported in 2020.
