The Bureau of Customs (BOC) posted a 13.4 percent increase in collections in April compared with a year earlier due to a tighter watch over imports, but fell short of its goal for the period by 14 percent.

The bureau cited the fewer number of days in April this year against last year and an extended truck ban as factors behind the shortfall against the target.

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