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CUSTOMS DECLARATION [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

customs declaration: an item in the "Documentary Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

déclaration en douane : objet de la classe «Objets documentaires» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The administrative processing associated with foreign merchandise that has landed in [the country] for consumption, warehousing, or other reasons ... [It] involves the submission to customs of documents that identify the owner of the goods, the type and character of the merchandise, value for duty purposes, and other relevant information upon which the customs authorities may rely in deciding whether the merchandise is permitted admission into the [country], which permits or licenses, if any, apply to the importation, and what rate of duty is to be assessed.

CONT

All imports must be entered within five working days of arrival at a U.S. [United States] port of entry, unless an extension of time is permitted by the district or area director of customs. Failure to make entry within the prescribed time period will cause the goods to fall into the condition of "general order" under which the unentered merchandise will be transported into a customs bonded warehouse; the goods will remain there, at the owner's expense, until entry is effected.

OBS

Compare with "customs clearance" and "customs release".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Acte par lequel une personne manifeste dans les formes et manières prescrites, la volonté d'assigner à une marchandise un régime douanier et de mettre fin à un tel régime.

OBS

Comparer avec «dédouanement», «mainlevée douanière» et «évaluation en douane».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Declaración que debe realizarse del modo prescrito por la aduana, mediante la cual las personas interesadas indican qué régimen aduanero pretenden aplicar a las mercancías y suministran los detalles informativos que la aduana requiere para la aplicación del régimen elegido.

OBS

Compárese con "despacho aduanero", "retiro de mercancías", "liberación de mercancías", "aforo de mercancías".

PHR

Efectuar una declaración de aduanas de mercancías.

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Record 3 2000-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Foreign Trade
  • Taxation
  • Air Transport
DEF

Statement that an importer or his agent must make to customs authorities specifying the type, value, and quantity of the merchandise so that these can be reviewed and the corresponding tariff applied.

OBS

Related term: bill of entry.

OBS

customs declaration: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

customs declaration: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Fiscalité
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Formalité à laquelle sont soumises les importations et les exportations de marchandises.

OBS

La déclaration peut être verbale, mais elle est généralement écrite et elle précise la nature et la provenance des marchandises ou leur destination.

OBS

manifeste de douane : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

déclaration en douane : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

déclaration en douane; déclaration de douane : termes uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Comercio exterior
  • Sistema tributario
  • Transporte aéreo
DEF

Manifiesto que realiza el importador o su agente a las autoridades aduaneras especificando la cantidad y descripción de la mercancía y su valor para que éstas la revisen y apliquen los aranceles correspondientes.

OBS

declaración de aduana: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

declaración aduanera : término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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