Betekenis van customs In het Nederlands

• 0 money paid to the government when you take particular goods from one country to another

• 1 the place at a port, airport, or border where travelers’ bags are examined for illegal or taxable goods:

  • customs officials

  • It took us ages to get through customs when we got back from Italy.

• 2 the government department that deals with taxes on goods coming into and leaving a country:

  • UK customs say the truck was carrying drugs with a street value of over £3m.

  • A prominent retailer is legally challenging Customs' decision to include credit card fees in the amount of duty paid on imported goods.

  • She works for US Customs.

• 3 the place at an airport, port, or border where goods that people bring into a country are examined to make sure they are legal and whether any tax should be paid on them:

  • A man who was stopped at customs was found to have a quantity of plastic explosives in his case.

  • A small wooden hut at the border crossing served as both passport control and customs.

  • go through customs You will need to go through customs after you have retrieved your baggage.

• 4 taxes that are paid on goods that are brought into a country:

  • You don't have to pay customs on any alcohol or tobacco brought for your own consumption in another EU country.