Which of the following is a place designated as a Custom Place by the Minister?

• A. Customs Airports
• B. Customs Ports
• C. Customs Markets
• D. Customs Warehouses

Answer: (A)

Customs Places are locations designated by the Minister where customs officers have the authority to inspect, declare, and collect duties on goods and passengers entering or leaving the country. These places are chosen because they serve as official points of border control and need facilities for examination, clearance, and enforcement.

Customs Airports fit this role because air travel brings a large volume of international goods and passengers, so having a designated customs site at airports allows immediate, organized handling of declarations, inspections, and duty payments at the point of arrival or departure. The other options—markets and warehouses—are typically storage or trading facilities and are not designated as border-control entry points by the Minister in the same formal sense. Ports are indeed border points, but the test item identifies airports as the designated Custom Place in this context.