KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9 — Malaysia’s Customs Department recorded revenue collection of 76.18 billion ringgit (18.71 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, exceeding its initial projections, the department’s head said on Friday.
Revenue performance from 2022 to 2025 showed a consistent and high-impact upward trend, culminating in a record high in 2025, the department’s Director-General Anis Rizana Mohd Zainudin told a press briefing.
“This achievement reflects two consecutive years of revenue growth exceeding 10 billion ringgit in 2024 and 2025,” she said, attributing the increased collection to strengthening tax compliance, enforcement and trade facilitation.
“(The department) will continue to play a strategic role in supporting national fiscal reforms and ensuring the sustainability of federal government finances through improved revenue performance and enhanced enforcement,” she said. (1 ringgit equals 0.25 U.S. dollars).(Namibia Daily News/Xinhua)
