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customs

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noun

duty on imports or exports
the government department responsible for the collection of these duties
the part of a port, airport, frontier station, etc, where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods and contraband
the procedure for examining baggage and freight, paying duty, etc
( as modifier )
customs officer

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced on Wednesday that the government planned to review the customs treatment of low-value products entering the UK, after retailers complained they were being undercut by overseas rivals.

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The obituary continued: “She was an eager adventurer and picked up the customs and even languages of any place she visited. She made friends easily at her schools and saw the good in everyone.”

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This is because just about everything mentioned in the script — objects, languages, customs, locations — need to be designed before they could be introduced.

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Previously, packages worth up to $2,500 could enter the US with minimal paperwork but due to tighter customs checks that came into force alongside Trump's tariffs earlier this month, the threshold has been lowered.

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Forgetting to declare a bag of frog embryos to customs agents at the airport, work materials for her research at Harvard University.

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