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Text: Duties of a Customs OfficerText: The Work of Customs Duty a) do official things with Duty- free e) allowed to enter without the payment of Customs duties Smuggling c) getting (goods) secretly and illegally (into, out of a country, through the Customs, across a frontier) Licence b) payment demanded by the government on certain goods exported or imported, or manufactured in the Smuggler g) person who smuggles Shipping d) taking, sending by train, road, etc.
True-ïðàâäà F 1.The only function of Customs is the assessment and collection of duties on imported goods. F 2.Customs needs to know the value of goods including transport, insurance and other costs. T 3.Customs in every country collects import statistics to know the total value of goods. T 4.The Harmonized System Nomenclature is used because goods have different names in different countries. F 5.Customs issues export and import licences applying to all goods. T 6.The Balance of Trade figures are provided by a government of any country 1. I bought the bottle of wine in the (duty) free shop. 2. The policeman asked me to show him my driving (licence). 3. Import duty often can be different (depending on) the country of origin of the goods. 4. Import of guns without a licence is (prohibited) 5. My friend told me about an incident which had happened to him while going (through Customs) 6. The (Harmonized System) provides a systematic and methodical classification of goods based essentially on technological data.
The struggle against smuggling and violation of Customs regulations has always been closely connected with the political and economic situation in our country. To the first category belong those who do so out of ignorance of Customs legislation: for them Customs regulations and their liability to them is something that is abstract and has nothing to do with them The second category of foreign currency smugglers are those who are leaving for countries withunstable political situation and a high crime rate. Fear of revealing the amount of their savings and of being robbed leads to the failure to declare their money to Customs. The third category consists ofpeople who deliberately provide false information about the money they are carrying. As a rule, they do this with the aims of not providing information about the cash they are exporting and of concealing their personal finances from the tax authorities. The most effective way to fight these offences will be to bring the Customs legislation into good order, particularly in the section concerning Customs declaration
Text: Duties of a Customs Officer 1. Item a) single article or unit in a list 2. Account d) statement of money (to be) paid or received (for goods, services, etc.) 3. Interdiction e)formal or authoritative prohibition 4. Warehouse b) building for storing goods 5. Seizure c) act of seizing or taking possession of by force or the authority of the law 6. Detecting f)discovering the existence or presence of ...
7. True-ïðàâäà F 3.Customs officers mustn't help travellers to fill in their declaration forms. T 4.Sometimes Customs officers are asked to control the bonded warehouses. T 5. There are many effective ways of detecting cases of drug smuggling but a well-trained and experienced Customs officer does it best of all.
1. Some people prefer to travel by plane, especially businessmen, because it's the fastest (means of transport) 2.Although some items (are liable to duty), if you carry only a small amount of them, they are duty free. . 3.Do not try to break the Customs (regulations) because you may have a lot of troubles. 4.If you have anything to declare, then you are to (fill in) the declaration form. 5.Could you tell me whether gifts and used ( items) are liable to duty? 6.(Customs inspection) is the act of closely looking at goods being imported or exported, in order to check that the goods are as described in the Customs declaration and to determine the amount of duty to be paid.
Like in most countries all formalities through which an incoming/outgoing passenger must pass in Russia, include passport and visa control, health control and customs inspection ofthe passenger’s baggage. When the passenger enters or leaves the country he must fill in an entry/exit declaration which he must present then toa customs officer. All the points of the declaration should be answered in full words and in block letters. The passenger is to fill in his name, citizenship, country of residence, permanent address and purpose of his visit. He also should declare all dutiable articles and currency he is having. Money not declared and therefore concealed fromthe customs control is liable to confiscation as smuggling. The customs officer may ask the passenger to open, unpack and repack his belongings for inspection. And the owner of the luggage is obliged to answer all the questions on the contents of his luggage and present any article for customs examination.
Date: 2016-01-03; view: 1872
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