23.06.2021 – 10:00
Hauptzollamt Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main (ots)
International Public Service Day is celebrated on June 23. As a modern civil and economic administration within the public service, the customs occupy an important position, as its range of activities extends from pure service to sovereign action. With the increase in tasks in recent years, the work of customs has gained in importance – the work of the around 44,000 customs officers nationwide is more important than ever today. As revenue management on behalf of the federal government, customs safeguards the community, promotes Germany as a business location, contributes to the stability of the social systems and ensures security and economic justice.
At the main customs office in Frankfurt am Main with its location at Frankfurt Airport, the 1,447 customs officers – 288 of them in training – have a “gigantic task”. In 2020, around 6.20 billion euros were collected at the main customs office in Frankfurt am Main. These included, for example, around EUR 5.07 billion in import sales tax, EUR 304 million in customs, EUR 69 million in beer tax, EUR 444 million in electricity tax, EUR 157 million in energy tax and EUR 144 million in aviation tax. The total income of the main customs office in Frankfurt am Main makes up around 4.8 percent of the nationwide income of customs (around 129 billion euros).
Other central tasks of the main customs office are ensuring smooth international trade in goods and fair competition, the fight against undeclared work, drug smuggling, product piracy and crime, and the commitment to protecting species. To name just a few of the agency’s successes in 2020:
Umfangreiche Prüfungen bei 313 Arbeitgebern durch Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit. Die Schadensumme im Rahmen der straf-und bußgeldrechtlichen Ermittlungen be-läuft sich auf rund 13,3 Millionen Euro Bei 3.740 Aufgriffen im Post, -Fracht-, und Reiseverkehr wurden über 4 Tonnen Rauschgift im Wert von rund 71 Millionen Euro aus dem Verkehr gezogen 8.958 Grenzbeschlagnahmeverfahren wurden eröffnet- Die 265.086 Plagiate hatten einen Warenwert von rund 38 Millionen Euro 753 Sicherstellungen von 72.387 artengeschützten Einzelexemplaren. Darunter waren 1.269 lebende Tiere, 4.029 lebende Pflanzen sowie 67.089 Erzeugnisse aus geschütz-ten Arten.
“Even in times of pandemic and Brexit, my customs officers fulfill their task at the Frankfurt” Gate to the World “very successfully, and that around the clock, seven days a week”, says Markus Tönsgerlemann, head of the main customs office in Frankfurt am Main. “We adapt our controls flexibly to current situations, risk-oriented and with flexible personnel deployment. We use regional and nationwide knowledge and combine this with personal experience and modern technology. Our four-legged noses are also an important means in combating cross-border smuggling . ”
In order to be well positioned in the future, the Customs is again looking for around 1,000 flexible and motivated applicants (m / f / d) nationwide for the senior service and 1,650 applicants (m / f / d) for the middle service who bring commitment and teamwork skills. Liane Vonderheit, head of training at the main customs office in Frankfurt am Main: “If the successes of our office motivate you to contribute to it yourself in the future, you’ve come to the right place. Those who apply for an apprenticeship at customs in Frankfurt opt for an exciting and varied professional life. Dedicated trainers support the young professionals on their way through a highly qualified, varied training period, with many insights into the facets of everyday customs in practice. ”
The main customs office in Frankfurt am Main accepts applications for an apprenticeship or dual study program until September 15, 2021 (apprenticeship / studies start August 1, 2022).
Further information on occupation and career in the customs administration is available at www.zoll-karriere.de, www.zoll.de or on the customs social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, You Tube: Zoll Karriere).
Please contact:
Hauptzollamt Frankfurt am Main
Communication department
Christine Strass
Phone: 069 / 690 73396
Email: [email protected]
www.zoll.de
Original content from: Hauptzollamt Frankfurt am Main, transmitted by news aktuell
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