Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 30 / Trend , U.Ismayilova /
In 2008 Azerbaijan's turnover with 141 world countries totaled $54.91 billion, First Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijan's Customs Committee Safar Mehtiyev said at the staff meeting on 2008 results on Jan. 30.
Roughly 2,120 goods in the amount of $47.75 billion were exported but 5,890 ones in the amount of $7.16 billion were imported in 2008. As the result the negative balance in the amount of $40.59 billion was made up.
In 2008 the Customs Committee fulfilled forecast on tax premiums by 100.03 percent - to 1.11 billion manat which by 338.4 million manat or by 43.3 percent more compared to 2007, Mehtiyev said.
Among customs incomings on VAT roughly 775.23 million manat was collected from import (growth per year totaled 240.18 million manat), from customs duties - 238.65 million manat (78.37 million manat), excise-duty - 91.15 million manat (18.79 million manat), highway-user tax - 5.35 million manat (1.03 million manat).
According to estimations, the annual increase of incomes from customs taxes and duties is not due to the rise of import, basic aspect for taxation, but due to the reservation of custom rates without changing the improvement of customs control, intensification of struggle against smuggling and other violations of the law and consolidation of financial discipline.
The State Customs Committee forecasts an increase of deductions on VAT by 145 million manats, from custom duties by 36.2 million manats, from excise by eight million manats and from highway-user tax by 0.8 million manats in 2009. Totally, the rise is expected to make up 190 million manats or 17.1 percent compared to 2008.
As many as 4,200 facts of law infringement were detected as a result of inspections held by the committee. Thus, 175 are of a crime character. Due to administrative violations, 1,460 juridical and 2, 560 physical persons were called to accounts. In 2008, transportation of 114 kilograms of black caviar, 1.8 million cigarettes of foreign production, 3, 224 different kinds of alcohols, 3,551 pious literature, four firearms and 5,880 colds steels through smuggling were prevented.
Mehtiyev said that 64 facts of illegal circulation of 356,3 kilograms of drugs and 4,204 psychoactive drugs were detected in 2008.
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