Customs Matters: “Navigating Change, Enabling Trade, Securing the Future”

Ask most people what a Customs officer does, and the answer usually comes from personal experience: a passport stamped at the airport, duty charged on a parcel from overseas, or a plant cutting confiscated at the border.

Customs is often seen as a uniform at the airport or wharf.

In the Pacific, however, that uniform represents a far wider responsibility.

Pacific Customs officers facilitate trade, collect revenue, provide trade data and protect communities.