Record revenue at customs: 4.6 billion euros despite increasing risks!

Record revenue at customs: 4.6 billion euros despite increasing risks!

The customs achieved an impressive intake of around 4.6 billion euros in the main customs office in Lörrach in 2024. This sum represents an increase of more than 440 million euros compared to the previous year, which shows that shopping tourism in the region attracts vigorously. Most of the income comes from import sales tax, which costs 4.2 billion euros. Customs and consumption taxes also contributed to this gratifying result with 87 million euros and 238 million euros. [Südkurier] (https://www.suedkurier.de/region/hochrhein/kreis-waldshut/ekord-hauptzollamt-loerrach-2024-46-milliarden-euro shopping tourism-to-wieder-an ;art372586,12415377) reported that Additional claims of over 4.6 million euros and reimbursements of 456,000 euros.

But the work of customs goes far beyond the pure tax survey. Matthias Heuser, the head of the main customs office, emphasizes the valuable commitment of its employees, who not only monitor the import regulations, but also actively fight against product piracy and economic crime. The customs reported 64 complaints from safety -related products, which corresponds to a doubling compared to the previous year. In the district, over 76,500 fake items were also confiscated. This is alarming because the illegal use of research and production results not only threatens the workplace in Germany, but also endangers the competitiveness of the local companies, such as the Zoll warns.

finds and arrests

On the drug front, customs of 1.4 kg cocaine, 1.2 kg amphetamines, as well as 41 kg hashish and 639 ecstasy tablets. 272 kg marijuana also fell into the hands of the officials. 63 war weapons and over 90 other banned items have been ensured during weapons control. Customs carried out over 78,000 controls in private travel and checked around 42,000 vehicles. Surprisingly, there were 1,130 border police findings that led to over 140 arrests.

The determination of over 2,400 non -approved fireworks and more than 23,600 untrained cigarettes was particularly revealing. Cash of around 600,000 euros, spread over several finds, adds the list of confiscations. The truck controls are used to a high volume of traffic: More than a million truck passed the border crossing because on the Rhein-Autobahn, and the customs authorities have handled 2.8 million goods to import, stable compared to the previous year.

undeclared work and financial control

Another important point of customs work is to combat undeclared work. 537 employers were checked, and 2,500 criminal and fine procedures were initiated, which resulted in damage of over 6.3 million euros. The courts imposed a total of nine years of imprisonment as well as fines and fines of around 700,000 euros. Sächsische has also underlined the importance of these measures and still announces that the customs continue to proceed against international economic crime is.

The customs authorities in Germany show that they have a watchful eye on compliance with the laws and take important measures to protect the integrity of the market. Their work not only closes criminal activities, but also strengthens the economy and security in the region.