NEW DELHI, Nov. 1 -- The Centre's gross goods and services tax (GST) collections surged 22.9% year-on-year to Rs.2.31 trillion in October, with import-related revenue growing nearly three times as fast as domestic collections, underscoring the growing contribution of imports to the tax kitty.

Revenue from imports rose 42.2% to Rs.72,246 crore, compared with 15.8% growth in domestic GST collections, which increased to Rs.1.59 trillion from Rs.1.37 trillion a year earlier, according to provisional government data released on Sunday. Total gross collections stood at Rs.1.88 trillion in October last year.

October marked the fourth month in the current fiscal year (FY27) when collections crossed the Rs.2 trillion threshold and the second-hig...