November customs receipts jump to €19.89m, led by tobacco rebound

Customs receipts in November totalled €19,894,024.41, a 45.6% increase on the €13,665,846.62 recorded in November 2024 and 1.4% higher than November 2023’s €19,622,681. Year-to-date through November, customs have collected €203,513,512.09, about 9% less than the €223.6 million gathered in the same period last year but 4.2% above the €195.3 million reported through November 2023.

The monthly rise was driven mainly by a rebound in tobacco imports. Tobacco-related receipts for November reached €8,613,569.63, up 193.7% from roughly €2.9 million a year earlier. Despite the sharp monthly gain, tobacco revenues for the year stand at €82,518,302.93, 23% below the €107.2 million posted through November 2024 but 7.9% higher than the comparable period in 2023.

Import duties on beverages yielded €772,611.34 in November, a 2.4% decrease from €791,777 the previous year. Cumulative beverage-import receipts total €8,130,772.78, 2.1% higher than in 2024 but roughly 7.1% below the first eleven months of 2023.

Revenues from mineral fuel imports were €3,983,354 in November, down 1.3% year-on-year. Cumulative fuel import duties amount to about €50.3 million, roughly 0.8% lower than the prior year.

The “other goods” category brought in €6,524,488 in November, a 10.5% year-on-year increase, and has contributed €62,574,958 so far this year, an 8.4% rise versus the same period last year.

November’s figures point to a gradual recovery in import-driven revenues, led by tobacco, though cumulative collections through November remain below last year’s totals.