Customs Service (Noun)
Meaning
The agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The US Customs Service has been merged into US Customs and Border Protection and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement since 2003.
- The US Customs Service was a federal law enforcement agency responsible for enforcing US trade, customs and immigration laws as well as investigating smuggling, money laundering and other financial crimes.
- The US Customs Service was the federal agency responsible for protecting the United States' borders by collecting and applying import duties and enforcing and complying with US customs and trade laws.
- Under the current reorganisation, Customs Service is part of the U.S. Customs Service.
- The US Customs Service provides Customs Service to the US Air Force based on Air Force Directive 31-205.