The DNA of the people and livestock, the language, and many of the customs have evolved in an unbroken tradition.
Though the customs have indicative limits, these are so generous (for example 90 litres of wine) and so laxly implemented that they have little effect.
Not all the owners are inclined to make a fuss, which may in the past have led local customs officers to think they are on to a good thing.
Their geographic isolation, their strong sense of community spirit and their steadfast attachment to the customs of their ancestors have enabled the Kihnu people to preserve their crafts and customs.
The ships have been impounded by customs while their case goes through the law courts.
It is more difficult to cut costs among settlement organisations: countries have different laws and customs.
Already, customs officers have asked 49 people to submit to tests for the H1N1 virus, she said.
Customs officers have seized more than 350, 000 counterfeit cigarettes in raids across Kent.
The edible oil factory, a big flour mill, the hospital and customs office have totally collapsed - apparently blown up.
Clean-ups in the tax and customs authorities have impressed some businessmen, while vexing others who say procedures are now gummed up.
In the southern town of Gjirokaster, old sympathisers of Mr Berisha who lost jobs in the customs service have attacked government buildings.
West Coast Customs will have a substantive presence at the SEMA convention which opens on Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 4, according to the Sacramento Bee.
In addition to its location is the fact that Puerto Rico is a U.S. commonwealth, so passengers from there don't have to go through customs upon arriving on the mainland, said Laila Rico, a spokeswoman for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Some, like UPS, grew up as couriers and have added freight forwarding and customs brokerage services.
He says South Korean Customs, which have bought the programme, report a 20% higher detection rate of illegal goods.
Import quotas have largely been replaced with customs duties, and subsidies, tax breaks and other special favours for farmers scaled back.
UN's oil-for-food programme has stopped, along with the customs revenues that have been the two governments' lifeline, an economic crisis looms.
And even pedestrians might have to pass through a customs barrier.
It was introduced by the UK Treasury in 1983 to help speed up the transit of low-value goods, which may have otherwise been delayed by customs.
In the state's north-west, where most of Arkansas's Latinos live, four police agencies have signed up with the customs and immigration agency to enforce immigration law more efficiently.
Tax revenues are also at a record high, thanks to two reform-minded officials who head the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs, which have traditionally been impregnable fortresses of graft.
"Clearly there are some worrying trends, such as the fact that Customs and Excise have now investigated 101 cases this year and it was only one case three years ago, " he told BBC News Online.
We have many reasons to be skeptical when Matrix One doesn't mention the customs issue, is known to have been unresponsive to customers and even reported itself as closed, but this news at least gives us hope that buyers won't be left hanging.
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In the last six years customs officials in China have nabbed more than 25, 000 pieces of artifacts illegally bound for international markets, says Cultural Heritage Watch, a nongovernment group based in Beijing.
In the last six years customs officials in China have nabbed more than 25, 000 pieces of artifacts illegally bound for international markets, says Cultural Heritage Watch, a nongovernmental group based in Beijing.
The National Oceanic Administration will have control over the coastguard forces, customs and fisheries enforcement.
BBC: Travellers at the Beijing West Railway Station, Jan 2013
Some 24 illegal biodiesel sites have been shut down by Revenue and Customs officers in the last 11 months.
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Others have to land at Narita, clear customs and then fly to Haneda.
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