Customs clearance
Also called: clearance · gümrükleme
The overall process of completing the formalities needed to place goods under a customs procedure, from lodging the declaration and supporting documents to paying or securing duties and obtaining release. In everyday use it usually means import or export clearance carried out by a broker.
In practice
Clearance time is a key cost driver, so complete documents and correct data matter more than speed of filing alone.
EU
Türkiye
UK
USARelated terms
- Customs declaration
- The act by which a person indicates, in the prescribed form, the customs procedure to be applied to goods and provides the data needed to apply it,…
- Release of goods
- The act by which customs makes goods available for the purposes of the procedure they were declared for. Release follows acceptance of the…
- Customs representative
- A person appointed to act on another's behalf in dealings with customs. Under direct representation the representative acts in the name and on behalf…
- Customs control channels
- Risk-based routing of declarations to different levels of control. In Türkiye, declarations are directed to the green line (no check), yellow line…