Introduction

Question 1

What are the roles of customs ? (6)

Answer 1

Fiscal/Revenue
Facilitate trade (less paper asked, simplification of customs operation)
Regulation enforcement
Trade statistics
Security
Fight illicit activities

Question 2

Describe customs from an administrative perspective

Answer 2

Department within the government controlling everything that crosses the border
Applying all applicable laws at the border
Compiling trade statistics
Ensuring that no dangerous or illicit goods enter the country

Question 3

Describe customs from a business perspective

Answer 3

Compliance with all applicable laws for merchandises entering or leaving the country
Utilizing facilitation mesures to improve external trade (with simplified procédures or differed payements, …)

Question 4

the role of french customs (3)

Answer 4

Protection (against drugs, counterfeiting, terrorism, sanitary threats)
Economic (controls the trade flows)
Fiscal (perceives every years about 13% of gross State revenu + participate to the financing of the European Union’s budget

Question 5

What’s the name of customs organisation in France ?
In UK ?
In US ?
In India ?

Answer 5

Direction générale de douane et de droits indirects (DGDDI)
Her Majesty’s Revenu and Customs (HMRC)
US Customs ans Border Protection (CBP)
Central Bureau of Excise and Customs (CBEC)