Vitebsk Customs Seized Over Br4.5 Billion Worth of Illegally Transported Goods in Q1.

May 13, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. The Vitebsk customs fulfilled the plan for revenues to the republican budget by 101.6% in January-March, the customs informed a BELTA correspondent. In the structure of payments, value-added tax accounts for the largest share, its share was almost 62.3% of the total revenue, import customs duties account for about 13.3% of all payments. Customs duties levied on individuals when importing goods for personal use accounted for 13.4% of the total revenue. Law enforcement departments of the customs identified almost 100 administrative customs offenses. In the first quarter, illegally transported goods and vehicles worth more than Br4.5 billion were seized. In addition, the amount of administrative fines imposed by the customs amounted to almost Br68 million. In January-March, the total volume of transportation in the area of ​​activity of the Vitebsk customs increased by almost 54%, including the number of export shipments increased by 61%, imports increased by 45% compared to the same period in 2010. -0-