customs post
Frontier inspection point
A customs post is a checkpoint where goods and travelers cross between countries or territories, staffed by officials who inspect cargo, collect duties, and enforce import regulations.
The term often refers to remote or land-based crossings: a customs post on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Also called a customs station or customs house.
Formal assessment of condition
- declarationFormal public announcement
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
prohibited goods · restricted items · enforcement · compliance · border crossing · duty-free · quarantine · sniffer dog
Border document verification point
- entry stampOfficial passport arrival notation
- exit stampPassport mark showing departure
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- visaTravel authorization stamp
admission · eligibility · travel documents · biometrics · facial recognition · fingerprinting · interview · deportation
Required tasks or charges
- import taxLevy on incoming goods
- levyCompulsory government charge
- exciseRemove by cutting
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
allowance · exemption · payment · receipt · commercial goods · personal effects · fine
inspection
Formal assessment of condition
- declarationFormal public announcement
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
seizure · prohibited goods · restricted items · enforcement · compliance · border crossing · duty-free · quarantine · sniffer dog · random check
passport control
Border document verification point
- entry stampOfficial passport arrival notation
- exit stampPassport mark showing departure
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
visa · admission · eligibility · travel documents · biometrics · facial recognition · fingerprinting · interview · deportation · arrival hall
duties
Required tasks or charges
- import taxLevy on incoming goods
- levyCompulsory government charge
- exciseRemove by cutting
valuation · allowance · exemption · payment · receipt · commercial goods · personal effects · fine
- border villagecheckpoint, guard tower, crossing point, border patrol, gate
- borderlandsborderland, borderlands, border, border zone, border region
- frontier postsoutpost, fort, garrison, stockade, frontier fort
- outpostsoutposts, outpost, forward base, forward bases, remote settlement
- trade routesspice route, silk road, Silk Road, cargo routes, merchant routes
- Roman fortsfort, fortress, frontier fort, military camp, stone fort
customs postfree passage
Unhindered right to travel
free trade zone · duty-free zone · international waters · no-man's-land · free port
customs postinterior
Inside area or region
heartland · inland · hinterland · mainland
custom, customs, post, posts, posted, posting, poster, customary, customarily