What is Customs?

The word customs is originally a Turkish word, which means excise, tax or duties in the general sense, where the word (customs) is the prevailing word means one of the government departments concerned with collecting and collecting duties and taxes on those goods and goods coming to or from the country where the meaning of the customs Now it is the customs outlets, whose nature did not differ much from its main task in the past, as one of the functions of that government department now conduct inspections and control of all goods and products entering and leaving the country and then collect the fees prescribed for it. Those fees to the State Treasury ie, it is one of the resources of the State Treasury.

What is Customs?

 

It is the first line of defense for the borders of the state, where it combats all kinds of smuggling, whether sea, land or air smuggling. All such outlets for entry or exit from the State shall prevent the entry of harmful or prohibited goods into the State and also prevent the exit of unauthorized goods or products from within the State, as customs have a major role in protecting society by controlling ports. State and protected This would prevent the entry of what is harmful to society in general, such as weapons and drugs, or harm to its security and social safety or fake and expired goods.

The establishment of the Saudi Customs Authority : - The first customs system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was issued under the High Order under No. (326) on 3-2-1394 Hijri where the Saudi customs at the beginning of its establishment is a group of customs secretariats where they were distributed in the group of regions of the Kingdom where Its statute was that each customs secretariat is responsible for a set of customs points and centers located in its perimeter, as each of those secretariats was directly linked to the Ministry of Finance, as it was the first system for customs in the Kingdom, but that system Many infringed it Many of its administrative names have been modified in order to facilitate the work until it recently reached the introduction of several new customs departments at the Kingdom's ports.

The most important tasks of the General Customs Department : - First : - Prevent the entry and leakage of prohibitions that offend the Islamic faith or contrary to public morals.

Second : - Preventing any materials, products or goods that could harm the security and safety of society, such as drugs.

Third : - The process of collecting customs duties on goods, goods and products coming from abroad and consuming them such as (rice - meat - tea - coffee - sugar - books - newspapers - electronic devices) and other multiple commodities.

Fourth : Combating commercial fraud and preventing the entry of ill-manufactured or counterfeit goods from entering the country in order to prevent its harmful and negative effects on the consumer and the national economy in general.

Fifth : - Work to attract foreign investment by working to facilitate customs regulations and commitment to the application of international trade agreements.

Sixth : Protecting and maintaining state revenues through the collection of duties on products and goods strictly and preventing customs evasion paid by exporters and importers.

Seventh : - To apply strict and strict inspection procedures on all imports and exports in order to ensure the prevention of the entry of weapons, drugs or bad products of various forms and types.

Eighth : - Undertake a process of direct follow-up and joint cooperation with all ministries and government agencies to follow up any new laws and rules governing customs work.

Ninth : - To play a supervisory role in the form of good storage movement of imported products, which is authorized to process storage in public warehouses and ensure storage in accordance with the best systems in the world to ensure that they are not damaged.

Tenth : Supervision and follow-up of all materials exempted from customs duties such as raw materials or raw materials, which are used in the manufacturing and production processes.

Finally : - Facilitating the export procedures of Saudi goods abroad.