Customs Office Schweinfurt's Balance for 2023: A Huge 1.8 Billion Euros Contributed to the Federal Budget
The Main Customs Office Schweinfurt played a significant role in maintaining the financial health of the European Union and ensuring the safety of its citizens in 2023. With a workforce of 700 employees, the office collected approximately 1.8 billion euros in taxes and import duties.
The office's revenue in 2023 was comparable to the previous years, with 1.9 billion euros in 2022 and 1.7 billion euros in 2021. The strongest revenue streams for the Schweinfurt Customs office in 2023 were customs duties and import VAT (1.08 billion euros) and excise duties (408 million euros).
Around 25 million euros in taxes on alcohol, tobacco, sparkling wine, and coffee were collected in 2023, with more than 31 million euros in beer tax going to the Free State of Bavaria as tax revenue. There was a significant increase in energy tax in the area of excise duties, with approximately 281 million euros collected in 2023 (264 million euros in 2022). The motor vehicle tax collected in 2023 amounts to 280 million euros (268 million euros in 2022).
The customs offices, including those in Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Coburg, Dettelbach-Mainfrankenpark, and Schweinfurt-Londonstraße, monitor the flows of goods for import and export and process international email and parcel shipments. They also ensure that no inferior medicines, unsafe technical products, or counterfeit products are imported into the European Union.
In 2023, the Financial Control of Black Work, a unit within the Schweinfurt Customs, was successful in combating the shadow economy. They imposed custodial sentences totaling around 53.5 years (642 months) and fines totaling over 53.6 million euros. In the previous year, over 4,200 criminal proceedings and nearly 300 penalty proceedings in the field of customs and excise offenses were concluded at the Central Penalty and Fine Office North Bavaria.
The customs office is also committed to being a responsible employer. It offers a family and life phase-oriented work policy, good starting pay, and exciting workplaces, making it an attractive employer. The office is currently training 96 trainees in the higher and middle customs service, including those in the newly designed Bachelor of Laws degree program starting March 1, 2024.
For those interested in learning more about the customs service, an open day will take place in Schweinfurt on July 13, 2024, from 10:00 to 15:00. This event provides an opportunity for students and interested citizens to talk to customs officers about the varied and responsible tasks of the customs service.
For more information on topics related to customs, visit www.zoll.de. Inquiries should be directed to the Main Customs Office Schweinfurt at the contact details provided.
