Travel to Finland and Sweden - restrictions and bans Sweden has introduced an entry ban to Sweden from Norway for non-Swedish citizens which applies from 25 January - 14 February. Finland has also introduced an entry ban for unnecessary travel between 27 January and 25 February.

In 2020, more than 2.3 million cargo vehicles passed through the customs border of Belarus, which is 5% more than in 2018. The volume of goods, moved by road, reached almost 30 million tons and increased by 5.9% compared to 2018.

Analysts from the Customs Criminal Service (CCS) have assessed the results of last year's fight against cigarette smuggling: almost all as early as 2019. the forecasts and trends published in the autumn were confirmed and highlighted last year.

On January 20, 2021, customs officials and customs investigators at Vienna Airport checked a traveler who had flown from Tanzania via the Ethiopian Addis Ababa to Vienna on the basis of a risk analysis.

The opening event of the Twinning Project "Support to the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the accession to the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure, Convention on Simplification of Formalities in Trade in Goods and implementation of the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS)" was held on January 29.

Officers of the Main Customs Administration on Air Transport of State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan prevented an attempt to smuggle large quantities of drugs and psychotropic substances into the country.

A National Workshop on Post Clearance Audit was held virtually from 18 to 22 January 2021 for Moldova Customs as a part of the WCO capacity building delivery plan. The five-day event was made possible through technical support by the Regional Office for Capacity Building for the World Customs Organization Europe Region.

EETS is the EU's harmonised electronic toll service throughout Europe – and now Switzerland has joined as well. This service simplifies and accelerates the movement of goods at the border. Joining the EETS network is a milestone in the DaziT digitalisation and transformation programme.

An automated system of online services for processing international cargo transportation is implemented in Turkmenistan on railways. With the help of a new digital system on the trl.gov.tm website, a shipper can obtain and register a railway code, which will provide access to a personal account.

Global services trade in the third quarter of 2020 fell 24% compared to the same period in 2019, according to statistics released by the WTO on 26 January. This represents only a small uptick from the 30% year-on-year decline registered in the second quarter, in marked contrast to the much stronger rebound in goods trade.

In 2020, entry and exit of 3.4 million commercial vehicles took place at Turkey's land border. The Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan said: "The border point through which the most number of commercial vehicles crossed is Habur Customs Gate with Iraq totaling 1 million 90 thousand vehicles, while Kapıkule with 704 thousand vehicles and Sarp Customs Gate with 315 thousand vehicles followed”.

Today is celebrated by more than 800,000 customs officers around the world. International Customs Day is not only a manifestation of international customs solidarity, but also draws public attention to the economic and social development of society, as well as the important role of customs authorities.