Customs control points in Latvia

STRUCTURE OF NATIONAL CUSTOMS BOARDSTRUCTURE OF NATIONAL CUSTOMS BOARD

Inspection Division

LegalDivision

Deputy Director

Payment Accountancy

Division

Transit and Export Control

Division

Customs Data Accounting

Division

CCP Division of Riga

Customs Methodology

Division

E-customs Division

Customs Laboratory

Customs Permission

Control Division

Customs Tariff and Payments

Application Division

Customs Control

OrganisationDivision

CCP Division of Latgale

CCP Division of Kurzeme

Customs Modernisation

Division

Deputy Director Deputy Director Deputy Director

SRS Deputy Director on Customs Matters, Director of National Customs Board

Director of Customs Audit Board

Deputy Director

Deputy Director, Head of Companies

Customs Audit Division

Companies Customs Audit

Division

Transactions Audit Division

Control Planning and

Analysis Division

Personel according to official staff list

1101

254

Customs Regional Offices

National Customs Board 1355

01.01.2009

70

1136

Customs Audit Board

National Customs Board 1206

01.01.2011

Headcount reduction ~ 11%

Number of managers in customs structural units: reduction ~ 34%

Customs Regional Offices

National Customs Board

155

01.12.2009 01.01.2011

Customs Audit Board

National Customs Board

102

Ratio of managers to subordinates in customs structural units in year 2010 ~ 9%

Customs statistics on counterfeits (within 3 years)

2008 2009 20102011 (Jan-Jul)

Applications received

488 498 487 437

Number of cases183 144 121 29

Articles seized

80 297 951 610 61 215 3 991

Value of original goods (Eur) 3,7 M 3,7 M 10,6 M 0.49 M

Number of Customs officials trained 344 244 227 168