Customs territory
Also called: customs area
The geographical area in which a single set of customs rules and a single tariff apply. The EU customs territory covers the member states with some listed exceptions and additions, while Türkiye, the UK and the US each have their own national customs territory.
In practice
Whether goods are inside or outside the customs territory decides whether duties are due at all, which matters for free zones, offshore installations and special territories.
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USARelated terms
- Customs union
- An arrangement in which members remove duties between themselves and apply a common external tariff to the rest of the world. Goods in free…
- Free zone
- An enclosed area within a customs territory where non-Union or foreign goods can be stored, handled or processed without import duty being charged…
- Union Customs Code
- The framework regulation for EU customs law, applicable since 1 May 2016, setting rules on customs debt, valuation, origin, procedures and electronic…
- Turkish Customs Law
- The basic customs law of Türkiye, Law No. 4458 of 1999, largely aligned with EU customs legislation in line with the customs union. It is implemented…