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customs system
A customs system provides the organizational, legal, and technological framework within which import, export, and transit controls are governed and duties and taxes collected at borders.
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A customs system provides the organizational, legal, and technological framework within which import, export, and transit controls are governed and duties and taxes collected at borders. Each nation and customs union operates its own system, built on declaration platforms, automated risk filters, and interconnected databases. Freight forwarders and importers must register their goods movements through these systems and comply with the inspection requirements they set. Unlike the term customs procedure — which refers to a single legal transaction — a customs system denotes the overarching architecture that makes all such procedures possible.
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