{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Customs seal","description":"Unlike a commercial security seal, a customs seal is an official security device—typically a single-use plastic or metal fastener—affixed by customs authorities to containers, truck bodies or storage compartments to make any unauthorized access to the cargo immediately and verifiably apparent. Each seal bears a unique identification number and is designed so that it cannot be opened without obvious physical damage. In customs-supervised transit—such as under the Common Transit Procedure—an intac","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/customs-seal-2","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-22T17:39:46.993546","citation":"https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_(Zollverfahren)","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/customs-seal-2","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Customs seal · Unlike a commercial security seal, a customs seal is an official security device—typically a single-use plastic or metal fastener—affixed by customs authorities to containers, truck bodies or storage compartments to make any unauthorized access to the cargo immediately and verifiably apparent. · Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_(Zollverfahren)"}