• The shipment had come from Spain and had been tracked by Customs.
• The pornographic photos, films and books have been seized by Customs officers.
• If you go over the limit you have to pay duty when you go through customs.
• The balance will be paid only after goods have cleared customs (= been checked by customs officials ) .
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UK customs say the truck was carrying drugs with a street value of over £3m.
»A prominent retailer is legally challenging Customs' decision to include credit card fees in the amount of duty paid on imported goods.
»She works for US Customs.
A man who was stopped at customs was found to have a quantity of plastic explosives in his case.
»A small wooden hut at the border crossing served as both passport control and customs.
go through customs »You will need to go through customs after you have retrieved your baggage.
You don't have to pay customs on any alcohol or tobacco brought for your own consumption in another EU country.
We cleared customs by five o'clock.
You will have to declare these goods when you go through customs.
We were waved through customs without a pause.
the removal of European customs controls
We had to pay customs duties on the beer.
the customs post on the border
We had to fill out customs forms on the plane.
We were waiting for the goods to receive customs clearance.
We got stopped and searched at the Italian customs.