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Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting customs duties and for controlling the flow of animals and goods (including personal effects and hazardous items) in and out of a country. Depending on local legislation and regulations, the import or export of some goods may be restricted or forbidden, and the customs agency enforces these rules. The customs agency may be different from the immigration authority, which monitors persons who leave or enter the country, checking for appropriate documentation, apprehending people wanted by international search warrants, and impeding the entry of others deemed dangerous to the country. Authority- is a very talented rocknroll band out of Columbia, S.C. This power rock trio has its roots in rock, funk, hardcore, and a dash of hip hop. ... An agency is a department of a local or national government responsible for the oversight and administration of a specific function, such as a customs agency or a space agency. ... In political geography and international politics, a country is a political division of a geographical entity, a sovereign territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation and government. ... Look up hazard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Legislation (or statutory law) is law which has been promulgated (or enacted) by a legislature or other governing body. ... A search warrant is a written warrant issued by judge or magistrate which authorizes the police to conduct a search of a person or location for evidence of a criminal offense, and seize the evidence. ...


A customs duty is a tariff or tax on the import of or export of goods. In England, customs duties were traditionally part of the customary revenue of the king, and therefore did not need parliamentary consent to be levied, unlike excise duties, land tax, or other impositions. In economics, a duty is a kind of tax, often associated with customs, a payment due to the revenue of a state, levied by force of law. ... A tariff is a tax on foreign goods. ... Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank   Money supply Fiscal policy Spending   Deficit   Debt Trade policy Tariff   Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate   Personal Public   Banking   Regulation        A tax is a financial charge or other levy imposed on... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... For the tax agency in the United Kingdom of the same name, see HM Revenue and Customs. ... Armenian king Tigranes the Great. ... A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modelled after that of the United Kingdom. ... An excise is an indirect tax or duty levied on items within a country. ... Land Value Taxation (LVT) is the policy of raising state revenues by charging each landholder a portion of the assessed site-only value of the unimproved land. ...


Commercial goods not yet cleared through customs are held in a customs area until processed. Southern edge (customs border) of Captain Cook wharf, Ports of Auckland, New Zealand. ...

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Red and Green Channels

Customs for arriving passengers at many international airports, and some road crossings, are separated into Red and Green Channels.[1][2] Passengers with goods to declare (carrying items above the permitted customs limits and/or carrying prohibited items) should go through the Red Channel. Passengers with nothing to declare (carrying goods within the customs limits only and not carrying prohibited items) can go through the Green Channel. Passengers going through the Green Channel are only subject to spot checks and save time. But, if a passenger going through the Green Channel is found to have goods above the customs limits on them or carrying prohibited items, they may be prosecuted for making a false declaration to customs, by virtue of having gone through the Green Channel. An International airport is an airport where flights from other countries land and/or take off. ...


Airports within the EU also have a Blue Channel.[3] As the EU is a customs union, travellers between EU countries do not have to pay customs duties, so long as the goods they are carrying are for personal use only (will not be sold). Passengers arriving from other EU countries should go through the Blue Channel. Luggage tickets for checked in luggage within the EU are green-edged so they may be identified.[4][5] A customs union is a free trade area with a Common External Tariff. ... Bag tags, also known as baggage tags, baggage checks or luggage tickets, have traditionally been used by airlines to route passenger luggage that is checked in to the final destination. ...


See also

Bonded warehouse, a warehouse established by the state, or by private enterprise, in which goods liable to duty are lodged until the duty upon them has been paid. ... Self-illuminating Border flower pot between Burghausen, Salzach(river) in Germany and Ach in Austria. ... Border control Border crossing between Germany and The Netherlands Border controls are measures used by a country to monitor or regulate its borders. ... Southern edge (customs border) of Captain Cook wharf, Ports of Auckland, New Zealand. ... The Carnet de Passages en Douane (CPD) is a customs document that identifies a drivers motor vehicle. ... Corporate governance is the set of processes, customs, policies, laws and institutions affecting the way a corporation is directed, administered or controlled. ... Customary international law Unwritten law applied to the behaviour of nations. ... In law, custom, or customary law consists of established patterns of behaviour that can be objectively verified within a particular social setting. ... States of UDEAC The Customs and Economic Union of Central Africa (or UDEAC from its name in French, Union Douaniere et Économique de l’Afrique Centrale), established by the Brazzaville Treaty in 1966, formed a customs union with free trade area between members and a common external tariff for imports... Customs and Excise refers to customs duties and excise duties. ... Customs Brokerage is a profession that involves the clearing of goods through customs barriers for importers and exporters (usually businesses). ... A customs union is a free trade area with a Common External Tariff. ... A Customs war, also known as a toll war, is a type of economical conflict between two or more states. ... The Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. ... In economics, a duty is a kind of tax, often associated with customs, a payment due to the revenue of a state, levied by force of law. ... The effective rate of protection is a statistic used by economists to measure the real protection yielded by import duties or tariffs. ... The Harmonized System of tariff nomenclature are internationally standardized names and numbers maintained by the World Customs Organization for classifying traded products. ... International trade - an overview Absolute advantage Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) APEC Autarky Balance of trade barter Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) Bimetallism branch plant Bretton Woods Conference Bretton Woods system British timber trade Cash crop Comparative advantage Continental trading bloc Cost, insurance and freight Currency... Norman law refers to the customary law of Normandy which developed between the 10th and 13th centuries following the establishment of the Vikings there and which survives today still through the legal system of the Channel Islands. ... The Russian Customs Tariff is the customs duty for the Russian Federation. ... States of SACU // Origins The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) came into existence on December 11, 1969 with the signature of the Customs Union Agreement between South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland. ... The United States Customs Service (now part of U.S. Customs and Border Protection or CBP) was the portion of the US Federal Government dedicated to keeping illegal products outside of US borders. ... U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a bureau of the United States Department of Homeland Security, is charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. trade laws. ... The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization that helps Members (currently Customs administrations from 169 countries) communicate and co-operate on customs issues. ... Her Majestys Customs and Excise (HMCE) was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government in the UK. It was responsible for the collection of Value added tax (VAT), Customs Duties, Excise Duties, and other indirect taxes such as Air Passenger Duty, Climate Change Levy, Insurance Premium Tax... Part of the HMRC complex in Nottingham. ...

References

  1. ^ http://app.ica.gov.sg/travellers/entry/dual_channel.asp
  2. ^ http://www.toll.no/upload/Dokumenter/brosjyrer_veiledere/Reisende_ENG.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.revenue.ie/leaflets/pn1878.pdf
  4. ^ http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/customs_controls/baggage_controls/index_en.htm#exit
  5. ^ http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/images/etiquette_verte.gif

External links

  • World Customs Organisation
  • Australian Harmonized System 2007
  • Indian Harmonized System 2007
  • United Nations database of customs duties worldwide
  • Indian Import Duty


 

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