Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department

Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department
香港海關

Customs Headquarters Building
Agency overview
Formed1909 (1909)
Superseding agency
  • Hong Kong Customs
Jurisdiction Hong Kong
Headquarters222 Java Road, North Point
Employees7,387 (January 2019)
Annual budgetHK$4,426.3 million (2018–19)
Agency executive
Parent agencySecurity Bureau
Websitecustoms.gov.hk
Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department
Traditional Chinese香港海關
Simplified Chinese香港海关
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng hǎiguān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēung góng hói gwāan
JyutpingHoeng1 gong2 hoi2 gwaan1

The Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department (C&ED; commonly known as the Hong Kong Customs) is the customs service of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The agency was established to protect Hong Kong from smuggling, ensure the collection of duties on taxable goods, detect and prevent drug trafficking and abuse, safeguard intellectual property rights, protect consumer interests, facilitate legitimate business and uphold Hong Kong's trade reputation, regulate money service operators and dealers in precious metals and stones, and combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

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