Customs

Customs

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Customs were the original form of international commercial law. As we have seen in the history of lex mercatoria, the customs existed before any statute of commercial law was made and were often the basis for legislation.(1)

Customs in International Trade

Meaning of Customs, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A government authority designated to regulate flow of goods to/from a country and to collect duties levied by a country on imports and exports. The term also applies to the procedures involved in such activities.

HS 6-digit in International Trade

Meaning of Hs 6-digit, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System (HS) uses code numbers to define products. A code with a low number of digits defines broad categories of products; additional digits indicate sub-divisions into more detailed definitions. Six-digit codes are the most detailed definitions that are used as standard. Countries can add more digits for their own coding to subdivide the definitions further according to their own needs. Products defined at the most detailed level are “tariff lines”. See Harmonized System (HS).

Concept of Customs

An introductory definition of Customs is provided here: Fees, tariffs, tolls, or duties required and collected by a nation state on imports or exports of goods.

Concept of Customs

Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law.

Customs and Patent Appeals Court in the US

Customs

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  • Foreign Affairs
  • National Defense

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  • Foregin Policy
  • Foreign Affairs

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  • International Trade
  • Trade Regulation
  • International Economic Law
  • Export License
  • International Trade Law
  • Foreign Trade
  • Safeguard
  • Tariff Policy

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  • Customs duties
  • Custom-house
  • Customs Service
  • Tariff

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  • Courts of Appeals, U.S.
  • Court of International Trade

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Notes

  1. John Mo, International Commercial Law

Other Popular Tax Definitions in the World Legal Encyclopedia

Agreement on Implementation of Article VU of the GATT and International Trade

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Customs Valuation Code

In the United States

For information about Customs in the context of international trade, click here

World Customs Organization

Customs,Harmonized System (HS) and Harmonized System Codes (HS Code)

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Further Reading

  • Information about Customs in the Encyclopedia of World Trade: from Ancient Times to the Present (Cynthia Clark Northrup)

Customs and the Laws of International Trade

World Customs Organization

Harmonized System (HS) and Harmonized System Codes (HS Code)

Customs and the Laws of International Trade

Customs information on the Internet

Customs Trade Law

Hierarchical Display of Customs

Trade > Tariff policy > Customs regulations
Law > International law > Public international law > Territorial law > Frontier
International Relations > Cooperation policy > Cooperation policy > Customs cooperation

Customs

Concept of Customs

See the dictionary definition of Customs.

Characteristics of Customs

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Translation of Customs

Thesaurus of Customs

Trade > Tariff policy > Customs regulations > Customs
Law > International law > Public international law > Territorial law > Frontier > Customs
International Relations > Cooperation policy > Cooperation policy > Customs cooperation > Customs

See also

  • Border post
  • Customs zone
  • Customs-house
  • Frontier post

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