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The Customs & Excise Department is the primary agency responsible for the suppression of smuggling activities. The Department also acts as the front-line agency to prevent importation and exportation of any articles which are prohibited by law concerning security, public health and environmental protection or in fulfilling international obligations. The enforcement work includes:
- monitoring the import and export of goods and the licensing of the movement of prohibited and prescribed articles as stipulated in the Import and Export Ordinance, Chapter 60, Laws of Hong Kong;
- conducting checks on passengers, cargoes, postal parcels and conveyances; and
- conducting regular maritime and land patrols within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The Department is also an integral member of the Joint Police / Customs Anti-smuggling Task Force formed to combat smuggling activities at sea.
If you have any information on smuggling activities, you are encouraged to report to us.
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