Customs warns of more rigorous checks

DON'T BE complacent if you've been importing the same product for years and consider that customs officials know all about your operation, as honest and as straightforward as it may seem. You are not protected from an unexpected customs check.
A spokesman for the department of customs and excise has stated that regular 'customs stops' are being made countrywide in an effort to combat fraud and misdeclarations that are being uncovered almost daily.
It is therefore imperative that declarations on suppliers' invoices are clear enough to allow customs officials to satisfy themselves that the correct tariff has been applied.
The spokesman stressed that different customs officers check the documents and where one may be satisfied with a current entry, another may want to stop the next consignment.
The provision of all available information on the contents of the consignment - even descriptive literature on the products included - can help avoid unnecessary delays.