In 2016 foreign trade companies increased by 15.4 percent on-year to over 73,000. Last year the department received nearly 10 million customs declarations, an increase of 17.2 percent, with declarations for exports increasing by 14.4 percent to 4.76 million, and for imports by 19.8 percent. The department has adopted new technologies and regulations to help reduce the time it takes to make checks while also improving oversight of the movement of goods. Early in March customs will work with other authorities to deploy a national one-stop check at airports as currently implemented at seaports.
