In plain English
This refers to the official office in the customs authority that receives a declaration about goods entering or leaving a country. The important point is that it is the government customs office tied to the formal filing of that import or export declaration.
In context
Here, it requests the government customs office with which the import or export declaration is officially filed.
- Situation
- Completing customs, import, export, duty, declaration, and clearance administration
- What it communicates
- labels the field identifying the customs office for the filing.
Meaning limits
The term identifies the filing office only and does not by itself indicate the declaration's status.
Examples
“Although the goods entered the country at the seaport, the declaration was filed at the customs office in the capital.”
“The clerk asked which customs office the exporter had filed the declaration with.”