The Government of the Virgin Islands continues to fight crime and its causes and is fostering joint partnerships with local and international authorities to strengthen and improve the Territory’s border protection. 

Importers of unclaimed goods left for more than two months at Her Majesty’s Customs and the BVI Ports Authority are advised that these items must be cleared by Friday, April 6 to avoid having them sold at public auction.

The public is reminded that the Customs Duty exemption period will expire on March 31, 2018.

Her Majesty’s Customs Department has resumed its cargo discharge at Port Purcell.

Residents of the Virgin Islands are notified that the BVI Customs Duty exemption has been extended to March 31.

Ten officers from Her Majesty’s Customs and their regional counterparts are now certified trainers.

The Government of the Virgin Islands is reminding all mariners that effective August 1, home and foreign based charters will see an increase in cruising permit fees.

Effective August 1, home and foreign based charters will see an increase in cruising permit fees to $6 and $16 per person per day respectively.

Officers from Her Majesty’s Customs’ K-9 Unit are pictured as they made presentations to the students of Jost Van Dyke Primary School, on January 25. 

Officers from Her Majesty’s Customs are celebrating Customs week 2017.