Customs And Excise Says Thank You To Expeditionary Companies To Help Disclosure Illegal Goods In Central Kalimantan

The atmosphere of tobacco destruction and illegal alcoholic beverages resulting from the prosecution of KPPBC TMPC, Wednesday (18/10/2023). (ANTARA/Norjani)

KALTENG - Sampit Customs and Excise Central Kalimantan (Central Kalimantan) is grateful, one of which is to expedition companies or shipping services that want to work together to help uncover illegal tobacco and alcoholic beverages

The Office of Supervision and Customs and Excise Services Type Customs C (KPPBC TMPC) Sampit Central Kalimantan (Kalteng), continues to increase synergy and collaboration with all relevant stakeholders in an effort to prevent state losses, especially in terms of customs and excise.

"We hope to synergize with all stakeholders, especially law enforcement officials and local governments, considering that excise duty is one of the main state revenues," said Head of the Customs Customs and Excise Supervision and Service Office C (KPPBC TMPC) Sampit, Agus Dwi Setia Kuncoro in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Wednesday, October 18, confiscated by Antara.

Sampit Customs Office will increase efforts in the field by synergizing and collaborating with the National Police, TNI, Attorney General's Office, Courts, local governments, expedition companies and other related parties.

"Indeed, there must be efforts from us by the government and of course from all stakeholders, especially law enforcement officials to suppress it. Not only from its repression (action) but also preventive (prevention) and pre-emptiveness (training)," he said.

These various things, Agus conveyed during the destruction of goods that belonged to the state (BMMN) in the yard of the Sampit Customs office.

The BMMN that was destroyed was the result of prosecution for the January 2021-June 2023 period from 185 evidence of prosecution (SBP). The illegal goods were in the form of tobacco (smoking) as many as 496,140 sticks and MMEA (alcoholic drinks) as much as 131.34 liters.

The value of illegal goods destroyed is estimated at Rp620,426,822.80 and causes potential state losses from the excise value, excise tax and cigarette tax of Rp485,609,550.00.

Cigarettes are destroyed by being hacked or cut using a chainsaw, while alcoholic drinks are destroyed by throwing the contents of the drink into the trash so that everything can no longer be used.

Illegal cigarettes are generally imported from outside the region, especially Java Island. Some are purchased online and caught when goods arrive in this area.

There are illegal cigarettes that do not use excise stamps at all, some use fake excise stamps and some use used excise stamps. This action is a violation and makes the state lose potential income.

According to Agus, about 12 percent of tax sector revenue comes from excise. The results of a survey by Universitas Brawijaya in 2019 related to national government policies that increase excise rates, then reduce production from excise producers by one percent, which causes or has an impact on an increase in illegal cigarettes by eight percent.