Cox?s Bazar, 4 July 2005: "The Bangladesh customs office received 540 million Taka in tariffs from the border trade post at Teknaf, on the southern Burmese border, during the 2004-2005 financial year. Abdul Gufur, the officer in charge of Teknaf Customs said, "during the last 12 months, Taka 54 corers were collected from the Teknaf Office alone for the national treasury." Teknaf is located at the heart of the border trade. However, since illegal trading is now flourishing along the border, the Customs office has not been able to collect all the available revenue..."