Something about Australian customs

1、 Do you know about the Australian Customs, which is closely related to customs clearance in Australia, and its basic knowledge?

The Australian Customs, as we usually refer to it, used to be called the Australian Customs Department. In 2008, it was renamed the Australian Customs and Border Protection Agency.

2. Australian Customs is one of the earliest institutions established by the Australian federal government, under the Department of Home Affairs.

The headquarters of Australian Customs is located in Canberra.

The basic functions of Australian Customs include:

(1) Supervision of personnel, goods, transportation vehicles, and mail.

(2) Representing other relevant government departments such as health and quarantine, animal protection, cultural relic protection, trademark protection, and immigration to implement border management.

(3) Implement measures and policies implemented by the federal government, such as tariffs, quotas, subsidies, and export incentives.

(4) Impose tariffs, partial sales tax, indirect tax, and other related taxes, and prosecute violators.

(5) Provide import and export trade statistics to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

5. Although Australian Customs will handle border management on behalf of health and quarantine, animal protection and other departments, specific business inquiries regarding biosafety and other aspects need to be contacted by the Australian Department of Agriculture.

6. Export to Australia through postal and express delivery, although the customs clearance windows are different, they are all supervised by Australian customs.

After being renamed as the Australian Customs and Border Protection Agency, Australian Customs has added more authority in border protection. Coordinating border intelligence collection and analysis, coordinating regulation, surveillance, and water operations, and combating maritime smuggling through international cooperation are all within its scope of authority.

8. Australian Customs and the Australian Defense Force jointly support the Australian Maritime Border Command (MBC). The person in charge is from the Royal Australian Navy and also announced to work at Australian Customs.

9. Australian Customs has a maritime patrol fleet and has signed contracts with two air surveillance service providers to use their flight facilities for maritime surveillance and operations.

10. The reconnaissance dogs used by Australian customs are Labrador Retrievers, which are bred, trained, and managed in Melbourne and Geelong. These reconnaissance dogs not only serve Australian customs, but also serve other government agencies such as the Federal Police, the Department of Agriculture, Australian Guide Dogs, and Victoria Zoo. The training for customs dog trainers is also in Melbourne

11. Customs investigation dogs can not only detect illegal drugs, tobacco, and explosives, but also detect prohibited items such as firearms and currency.

12. Australian Customs has led or participated as a member in three special action teams: ITTF (Illicit Tobacco Taskforce), SFCT (Serious Financial Crisis Taskforce), and Taskforce Cade