Customs revenue realization has continuously increased over the past five years. However, in 2015, the increase was a mere 2.2 percent, lower than the previous year's 8.9 percent. Last year's customs revenue reached Rp 145.7 trillion, or 99.2 percent of the government's target. This shortfall in customs revenue was the first since 2006.
The Director General of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Finance, Heru Pambudi, stated that the failure to meet the target was due to a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages at retail outlets or minimarkets, implemented last year. However, the 2015 customs revenue realization did not decline thanks to revenue from tobacco excise (cigarettes), which reached Rp 139.5 trillion or 96.4% of total 2015 customs revenue. The remainder came from alcoholic beverage excise.
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