What is the relationship between customs and ports?

A port is a gateway designated by the state for foreign exchanges and a hub for international cargo transportation. Customs is a national administrative agency.

Customs is a national administrative agency that exercises import and export supervision and management powers in accordance with the laws and administrative regulations of its country (or region). The word Customs in English originally refers to a local tax paid by merchants on the way to sell goods, which has the nature of "travel money" or "passage fee" or "use fee" at ports and markets.

Port originally meant a coastal port designated by the state for foreign trade. Nowadays, ports are not only commercial ports for economic and trade exchanges (that is, commerce), but also ports for exchanges in politics, diplomacy, science and technology, culture, tourism and immigration.

With the development of land and air transportation, foreign trade goods, inbound and outbound personnel and their luggage, mail packages, etc., can reach the hinterland of a country directly through railways and air.

The country has also set up ports to carry out international transport, international air parcel mail exchange business and other places with foreign trade and border trade. A port is a gateway designated by the state for foreign exchanges and a hub for international cargo transportation. It is a special international logistics node.

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Customs Powers

According to the provisions of the Customs Law and relevant laws and regulations, the Customs may exercise the following powers in the course of performing its duties:

1. Inspection power

Except as otherwise provided by law, inspection of inbound and outbound means of transportation in the customs supervision area; in the customs supervision area and designated areas along the coast near the customs, inspections are required Vehicles suspected of smuggling and places where smuggled goods and items are hidden are inspected, the bodies of smuggling suspects are inspected, and the production and operation conditions and goods related to import and export activities are inspected.

2. Right of inspection and copying

Inspection and copying of documents of persons entering and exiting the country, and inspection and copying of contracts, invoices, account books, and documents related to means of transportation, goods, and items entering and exiting the country. Receipts, records, documents, business correspondence, audio and video recordings and other relevant materials.

3. Right of interrogation

Interrogate suspects who have violated the Customs Law or relevant laws and regulations.

4. Right of inspection

Inspection of inbound and outbound goods, luggage and items carried by individuals in and out of the country, and items mailed in and out of the country.

5. Right of inquiry

Inquiry into the deposit account of the person being audited in a commercial bank or other financial institution.

6. Inspection rights

Inspect the accounts, accounting vouchers, documents, etc. related to the company's inbound and outbound activities and imported and exported goods.

7. Right of detention

Detain inbound and outbound transport vehicles, goods and articles that violate the Customs Law and related contracts, invoices, account books, documents, records and documents , business correspondence, audio and video recordings and other materials. The detention time for smuggling suspects generally does not exceed 24 hours, but may be extended to 48 hours under special circumstances.

8. The right of continuous pursuit

The right to pursue inbound and outbound transport vehicles or individuals who defy customs supervision and escape beyond the customs supervision area and the designated coastal areas near the customs, and take them away Back to processing.

9. Administrative penalty power

Implement administrative penalties on illegal parties that have not committed smuggling crimes. This includes confiscation of smuggled goods, articles and illegal gains, fines for parties involved in smuggling and violations of customs supervision regulations, and suspension or cancellation of customs declaration qualifications for customs declaration companies and customs declarers who violate the law.

10. The right to wear and use weapons

To perform their duties, customs may wear weapons in accordance with the law, and customs staff may use weapons when performing their duties.

In June 1989, the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the "Regulations on the Use of Weapons and Police Equipment by Customs Staff." According to this provision, the weapons used by Customs include light firearms, electric batons, handcuffs and other approved weapons and police equipment.

The scope of use is when performing anti-smuggling tasks, and the objects of use are smugglers and smuggling suspects. The conditions of use must be that the smuggling group cannot be subdued when they are being chased and fleeing or encounter armed cover for smuggling, cannot stop the smuggling of seized smuggled goods, articles and other items with violence, and use violence to resist inspections, seize weapons and police equipment, and threaten customs When the safety of the staff cannot be defended except by shooting.

11. The right of enforcement

On the premise that the relevant parties fail to perform their obligations in accordance with the law, in order to achieve effective administrative management of the customs, in accordance with legal procedures, legal coercive means are adopted to force The parties perform their legal obligations. The enforcement powers of the customs include compulsory tax deductions, compulsory implementation of customs penalty decisions, etc.

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