Federal Customs Administration
E374695
The Federal Customs Administration is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and the collection of certain federal duties and taxes.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3638688 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Customs Administration Context triple: [Federal Department of Finance, supervises, Federal Customs Administration]
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A.
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas is the Mexican federal customs authority responsible for managing and controlling the country’s customs operations and enforcement.
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B.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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C.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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D.
World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental body that develops international customs standards and promotes cooperation among national customs administrations to facilitate trade and ensure border security.
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E.
Canada Border Services Agency
The Canada Border Services Agency is the federal organization responsible for border control, customs, and immigration enforcement at ports of entry across Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Customs Administration Target entity description: The Federal Customs Administration is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and the collection of certain federal duties and taxes.
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A.
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas is the Mexican federal customs authority responsible for managing and controlling the country’s customs operations and enforcement.
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B.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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C.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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D.
World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental body that develops international customs standards and promotes cooperation among national customs administrations to facilitate trade and ensure border security.
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E.
Canada Border Services Agency
The Canada Border Services Agency is the federal organization responsible for border control, customs, and immigration enforcement at ports of entry across Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customs authority
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federal agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
AFD
ⓘ
AFD (it) ⓘ EZV ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
Swiss Guard
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Border Guard
cantonal police forces ⓘ foreign customs authorities ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employerOf | Swiss customs officers ⓘ |
| goal |
ensuring security at Swiss borders
ⓘ
facilitation of legitimate trade ⓘ protection of state revenue ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bern ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Confederation
|
| languageOfWork |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Swiss customs law
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Customs Act
Swiss customs law ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Customs Ordinance
|
| nativeName |
Federal Customs Administration
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Administration fédérale des douanes
Amministrazione federale delle dogane ⓘ Swiss customs administration ⓘ
surface form:
Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung
|
| parentOrganization | Federal Department of Finance ⓘ |
| partOf |
federal office of the Swiss Confederation
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss federal administration
|
| responsibility |
border security
ⓘ
collection of certain federal taxes ⓘ collection of customs duties ⓘ collection of excise duties on imports ⓘ collection of road traffic charges on foreign vehicles ⓘ collection of value-added tax on imports ⓘ combating customs fraud ⓘ combating smuggling ⓘ customs control ⓘ enforcement of import and export restrictions ⓘ enforcement of sanctions at the border ⓘ implementation of border-related trade measures ⓘ implementation of customs legislation ⓘ protection of the economy at the border ⓘ protection of the environment at the border ⓘ protection of the population at the border ⓘ |
| sector | public administration ⓘ |
| supervises |
border crossings in Switzerland
ⓘ
customs offices in Switzerland ⓘ |
| typeOfTaxCollected |
customs duties
ⓘ
excise duties on certain goods ⓘ import VAT ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Customs Administration Description of subject: The Federal Customs Administration is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and the collection of certain federal duties and taxes.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Swiss Border Guard / Federal Customs Administration
this entity surface form:
Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung
this entity surface form:
federal customs administration
Federal Customs Administration
→
nativeName
→
Federal Customs Administration
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Administration fédérale des douanes