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About Norwegian Customs:

Key Figures 2011

Updated: 6/4/2012
Customs and Excise’s responsibilities:
  • To prevent the illegal importation and exportation of goods
  • To ensure that customs duties are correctly declared, assessed and paid in a timely fashion

Customs and Excise had a total of 1 952 employees at year-end 2011.

Customs duties and other taxes (NOK million)
 

2011

2010

Custom duties

2 537

2 416

Value addes tax on imports

115 374

105 086

Motor Vihicle taxes

48 029

46 948

Special taxes

38 316

37 396

Total

204 256

191 846

 
Assessments - number of declarations
 

2011

2010

No. of import declarations

5 028 580

4 774 306

No. of export declarations

1 249 633

1 234 808

Total import and export declarations

6 278 213

6 009 114


 
Collection and arrears (NOK million)
 

2011

2010

Amounts assessed

205 524

193 092

New arrears (year’s)

201

215

Accumulated arrears

397

419

 
Company audits
 

2011

2010

Number of companies audited

1 561

1 538

Amounts calculated in arrears (NOK million)

467

265

of which duties/special taxes (NOK million)

221

253

Number of serious contraventions

192

159

 
Seizure statistics for 2010
  Per 31.12.11 Per 31.12.10
Seized goods

Seizures

Quantity Seizures Quantity
Alcoholic beverages
Destilled spirits 7 336 41 973 litres 6 990 52 230 litres
Destilled spirits > 60% 35 437 litres 58 22 366 litres
Beer 5 245 414 844 litres 4 930 388 938 litres
Wine 5 588 71 729 litres 5 521 54 863 litres
Pharmaceutical products, not narcotics
Doping 603

130 034 units

605 106 753
 units
Fauna
Cites species 122 15 353 units 135 29 026 units
Narcotics
Amphetamines 98 54 187 g 110 123 268 g
Cannabis 1 180 1 636 266 g 999 449 039 g
Heroin 32 11 303 g 63 83 000 g
Cocaine 73 47 398 g 101 74 404 g
Tobacco products
Cigarettes 7 147 9 061 907 units 6 738 7 227 188 units
Tobacco products, other
2 148 2 161 kg 1 984 1 491 kg