customs inspections
Port entry screening
Customs inspections are examinations of goods, luggage, or vehicles at national borders to enforce import laws.
Inspectors check for contraband, undeclared items, and compliance with tariffs and regulations: Our shipment was delayed by customs inspections at the port.
The process may be routine or targeted based on suspicion or random selection.
- border patrolsTeams monitoring national boundaries
- canine unitsPolice dog squads
- sniffer dogsCanines trained to locate substances
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- import dutiesTaxes on incoming goods
contraband · drug mules · customs · concealment · prohibited items · customs regulations · random selection · cargo handling · trade barriers · customs checkpoints · customs declarations · border crossings · import quotas · trade agreements · queue · search · pat down · body scanner
- smuggling enforcementcustoms agents, customs officers, border patrol, contraband, seizure
- wildlife protectionpark rangers, game wardens, rangers, forest rangers, wardens
- trade controlsimport tariffs, import quotas, import restrictions, import regulations, customs duties
customs inspectionsfree passage
Unhindered right to travel
open borders · free movement · free trade zones · pre-clearance · green channel