Customs seal
Also called: seal · gümrük mührü
A fastening applied by customs, or by an authorised trader using approved seals, to a container, vehicle or package to prevent goods being removed or substituted unnoticed. Seal numbers are recorded in the transit or other procedure data.
In practice
A broken or mismatched seal on arrival almost always triggers an examination and possibly a customs debt.
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Türkiye
UK
USARelated terms
- Transit
- A procedure that lets goods move under customs control from one point to another, within a territory or between countries, without paying duties and…
- Authorised consignor
- A trader authorised to start transit movements at its own premises without presenting the goods at the office of departure. The authorised consignor…
- TIR
- A UN convention and international guarantee system for moving goods by road across multiple countries under customs seal. The TIR carnet,…
- Customs supervision
- The general action taken by customs to make sure that customs rules are observed for goods that are not yet cleared, such as goods in temporary…