Customs management has always been a challenge. Since Babylonian times, governments have required information to tax goods coming into their territory, to protect their domestic markets and - often enough - simply to keep out foreign competition.
The Insider’s Guide to Trade in Food, Animal and Plant Products
For nearly a year now, if you wanted to export Products of Animal Origin (POAO) to the EU, you have had to comply with the EU’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) regime for imports from ‘third countries’.