Norwegian Customs and Excise is divided into a central directorate and six local customs regions. The responsibilities of the agency are to prevent illegal importation and exportation of goods and to ensure that customs duties are correctly declared, assessed and paid in timely fashion.
Input
In StatRes, input is measured in NOK and man-years. Own production (NOK) is based on accounting data, and is the sum of compensation of employees and use of goods and services. Man-years is full-time jobs and part-time jobs calculated as full-time equivalents adjusted for doctor-certified sickness absence and maternity leave.
2006
2007
2008
Own production (mill. NOK)
1 135,3
1 192,4
1 271,5
Compensation of employees in per cent of own production
65,5
65,8
66,4
Use of goods and services in per cent of own production
34,5
34,2
33,6
Contracted man-years adjusted for long term leaves
1 567,0
1 603,0
1 643,0
Activities and services
Norwegian Customs and Excise carries out border inspections and economis audits. Data regarding border inspections are dispalyed in the panel below. Indicators related to economic audits can be found in the Statbank.
2006
2007
2008
Number of border inspections
151 255
140 234
145 564
Hits in per cent of inspections
11,6
11,9
12,9
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Outcomes
There are several output indicators for Norwegian Customs and Excise. Seizures of selected goods are displayed in the panel below. More data can be found in the Statbank.
2006
2007
2008
Destilled spirits (litre)
21 562
25 050
25 245
Wine (litre)
47 130
44 625
52 568
Beer (litre)
255 108
224 203
248 059
Tobacco (kilogram)
2 494
2 111
1 654
Cigarettes (stk)
6 063 492
7 658 800
7 187 805
The amount of taxes collected by Norwegian Customs and Excise are displayed in the panel below. The taxes are divided into four groups: customs duties, value-added tax on importation, motor vehicle taxes and other taxes.
