customs

/ ˈkʌstəmz /

noun

1. duty on imports or exports

2. the government department responsible for the collection of these duties

3. the part of a port, airport, frontier station, etc, where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods and contraband

4. the procedure for examining baggage and freight, paying duty, etc

5. ( as modifier )

   customs officer

Example Sentences

"On top of that, captains will be having to deal with customs and excise and paperwork around the cargo and immigration."

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They accuse them of being tone deaf to Mexican customs, of failing to learn Spanish or, in many cases, even pay taxes.

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Shipments under the exemption made up more than 90% of all the cargo entering the country, according to US customs.

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Low-value imports, which are worth £135 or less, are currently exempt from customs duties.

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He added that they also exposed consumers to "unregulated, potentially unsafe products" because they did not go through the same customs check process as other goods.

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