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Customs area

A geographic area that is responsible for levying its own customs duties at its border.



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Customs duty

Customs duty

An import tariff.


Customs union

Customs union

An agreement by two or more countries to erect a common external tariff and to abolish restrictions on trade among members.


Customs procedure

Customs procedure

The practices used by customs officers to clear goods into a country and levy tariffs. Includes clearance procedures such as documentation and inspection, methods of determining a good's classification, and methods of assigning its value as the base for an ad valorem tariff. Any of these can impede trade and constitute a NTB.


Customs classification

Customs classification

1. The category defining the tariff to be applied to an imported good. 2. The act of determining this category, which may be subject to various rules and/or to the discretion of the customs officer".


Customs valuation

Customs valuation

The method by which a customs officer determines the value of an imported good for the purpose of levying an ad valorem tariff. When this method is biased against importing, it becomes an NTB.


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