What is the important position of customs in international trade?

Customs plays a key role in international trade.

The conclusion of customs unions and free trade agreements by countries all over the world has reduced the importance of customs officers, and the focus of customs management has gradually shifted to non-traditional functions such as anti-terrorism, intellectual property protection and maintaining trade security and convenience, and customs has played a more important role in the economic security system.

The basic functions of China Customs are: to supervise inbound and outbound means of transport, goods, luggage, postal articles and other articles; Collecting customs duties and other taxes and fees; Seize smuggling; Compiling customs statistics; Handle other customs affairs.

Extended data:

Customs 1995 The theme report of the National Conference of Customs Chiefs proposed to establish China's customs risk management system. Customs 1997 Risk Management The receiver seeks national customs strategic planning and begins to pay attention to the customs experience of developed countries such as the United States, the Netherlands and Australia. Since 1998, the concept, customs methods and means of attracting risks in the practice of national customs business management.

In 2003, the General Administration of Customs formulated a new development strategy for customs modernization, and the customs officially established risk management as the center of the second-step development strategy. Customs has led all the business reform of customs, played a core guiding role in the implementation of the strategy, and truly realized the modernization of customs management.

The role and function of customs. With the development of global economic integration, how to promote trade liberalization and facilitation, strengthen customs management and maintain trade security has become a common concern of the world customs.

In the early 1990s, customs in developed countries such as the United States, the Netherlands and Australia took the lead in introducing risks. From 65438 to 0994, China Customs began to learn from the risk management experience of western developed countries.

Safeguard national sovereignty and economic interests, protect and promote the development of domestic industrial and agricultural production, regulate the national economy and foreign trade, and increase national fiscal revenue.