October 9 (SeeNews) - Albania collected 67.41 billion leks ($777.7 million/ 553.76 million euro) in customs revenue through September, up 17.8% from the year-ago period, the Customs Office said on Tuesday.
The revenue collected in the first nine months of 2007 was 2.7% above plan, the Customs Office said in a statement.
Higher imports and exports through September helped increase customs revenue, the statement said. Albania's nine-month exports, worth 76.19 billion leks, were 28% higher than a year earlier and imports, totalling 277.96 billion leks, were 26.8% higher.
The country collected 8.69 billion leks in customs revenue in September alone, up 19.21% on the year.
Albania's government plans to collect 174 billion leks in taxes and customs duties in 2007.
(1 euro = 121.7307 Albanian leks)