Revenue seizes in June more than 6 million dollars in smuggling in Foz do Iguaçu / PR
Author: Communication Advisory (Ascom)
Source: Federal Revenue of Brazil, 14/07/2008
The Federal Revenue of Brazil in Foz do Iguaçu / PR seized in June US $ 6.396.155,00 in contraband goods. The total represents an increase of 12% in relation to the retentions made in June 2007.
The most significant percentage of growth in seizures was that of toys, with a total estimated at US $ 182.656,00, which represented an increase of 92% in relation to June / 2007 and of 25% in relation to the accumulated in the first semester.
The most important seizure in value was that of vehicles - 277 -, with a total estimated at US $ 2.608.351,00, an amount 58% higher than that recorded in June 2007. Compared to the accumulated in the first six months of the year, the increase reaches 24%.