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100 Words Every Customs Officer Should Know

June 10, 2026

100 Words Every Customs Officer Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. agricultural relating to farming
2. alcohol drink containing ethanol
3. allowance amount permitted without duty
4. ammunition bullets and cartridges
5. animal living nonhuman creature
6. appraisal official estimate of worth
7. arrival coming to a place
8. assessment official judgment of value
9. baggage personal belongings for travel
10. banknote paper money
11. biometric using body measurements for ID
12. biosecurity protection against biological threats
13. border line between countries
14. broker agent arranging customs clearance
15. cargo goods carried by ship or plane
16. certificate official proof document
17. checkpoint place where checks are made
18. citizenship legal status as a citizen
19. clearance official permission to proceed
20. consignment batch of goods sent
21. contraband illegal goods
22. customs government control of imports
23. dairy milk-based food products
24. declaration official statement of carried goods
25. departure act of leaving
26. deportation forced removal from a country
27. destination place something is going
28. detector device that finds something
29. detention holding someone officially
30. duty tax on imported goods
31. effects personal belongings
32. electronics electronic devices and equipment
33. entry act of coming into a country
34. exempt free from a tax
35. explosive substance that can blow up
36. export send goods out of a country
37. fine money penalty
38. firearm gun
39. forgery fake document or signature
40. fraud dishonest deception for gain
41. freight goods transported in bulk
42. fruit sweet edible plant product
43. goods items being traded
44. hazardous dangerous or risky
45. heroin powerful illegal opioid drug
46. ID identity document
47. import bring goods into a country
48. inadmissible not allowed to enter
49. inspection official examination of people or goods
50. interview official conversation for information
51. invoice bill listing goods and prices
52. jewelry valuable personal ornaments
53. knife sharp cutting tool
54. license official authorization document
55. livestock farm animals
56. manifest official list of cargo
57. meat animal flesh for food
58. medication medicine used for treatment
59. merchandise goods for sale
60. methamphetamine strong illegal stimulant drug
61. narcotics illegal or controlled drugs
62. nationality country of legal belonging
63. nonresident person not living there
64. offense rule-breaking act
65. origin place something comes from
66. overstay stay longer than permitted
67. parcel wrapped package
68. passport official travel identity document
69. perishable likely to spoil quickly
70. permit official written permission
71. pet animal kept at home
72. plant living thing that grows
73. prescription doctor’s written medicine order
74. prohibited not allowed by law
75. quantity amount or number
76. quarantine isolation to prevent disease spread
77. questioning formal asking of questions
78. resident person living in a place
79. restricted limited by rules
80. return ticket ticket for going back
81. sample small example of goods
82. scanner device for electronic checking
83. screening security checking process
84. seal security closure on cargo
85. search careful look for hidden items
86. seizure official taking of goods
87. shipment goods sent together
88. smuggling illegal movement of goods
89. tariff official tax rate on goods
90. threshold limit that triggers action
91. tobacco product made from tobacco leaves
92. transit passage through a place
93. undeclared not officially reported
94. value monetary worth
95. vegetable edible plant part
96. violation act against a rule
97. visa permission to enter a country
98. warehouse building for stored goods
99. weapon object used to harm
100. x-ray imaging scan for hidden items
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