In the first quarter this year, Customs General Administration has collect a total of customs and net import linkage tax worth of 114.4 billion yuan, 2.3 billion yuan less than that in the same period last year or a year-on-year decrease of two percent.

Director of the General Administration of Customs pointed out recently that the decline of dutiable goods import in the first quarter this year should be blamed for the decrease of custom revenue.

By People's Daily Online