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Customs & Duty

How gifts cross borders — tariffs and customs, import duty and VAT, duty-free allowances, passports and border control, and the ships that carry it all.

Tariff

Tariff

Customs

Customs

Duty-free shop

Duty-free shop

Border control

Border control

Passport

Passport

Custom house

Custom house

Value-added tax

Value-added tax

Containerization

Containerization

Cargo ship

Cargo ship

Smuggling

Smuggling

Free trade

Free trade