Lebanese Customs (

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: الجمارك اللبنانية ''Al-Jamarek Al-Lubnaniyah'') (

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: Douanes Libanaises) is the government authority in Lebanon responsible for collecting

customs duties A tariff or import tax is a duty (tax), duty imposed by a national Government, government, customs territory, or supranational union on imports of goods and is paid by the importer. Exceptionally, an export tax may be levied on exports of goods ...

and controlling the flow of goods in and out of the country. It operates under the

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. Lebanese Customs officers are stationed at all of the country's

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which in addition to

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includes the five land crossings with

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and the

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, Tripoli, Sidon, Tyre, and Jounieh. At these ports of entry, in order to enforce

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, Lebanese Customs works together with General Security, which operates under the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, the latter of which is responsible for controlling the movement of people. In order to conduct inspections of vessels at sea, Lebanese Customs operates a small naval fleet that consists of two British-made ''Tracker''-class

patrol boats A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval ship, naval vessel generally designed for Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defence, Border control, border security, or law ...

, one named ''LIBNAN II'' and the other named ''ARZ II'', as well as four Canadian-made Zodiac Hurricane 1110 AFT IO Commando

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s. Combating smuggling is primarily the task of the different branches of the

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References

External links

Lebanese Customs General Directorate Official Website
{{Lebanon security forces Customs services Law enforcement agencies of Lebanon