Organisation and management

Finnish Customs is headed by the Director General. Finnish Customs is divided into units (the departments, Customs Laboratory, General Staff, Supervision of State Rights and Interests, Internal Audit) and operational units (functions and customs offices) governed by these units.

 Finnish Customs is divided into units (the departments, Customs Laboratory, General Staff, Supervision of State Rights and Interests, Internal Audit) and operational units (functions and customs offices) governed by these units.
The functions of the Foreign Trade and Taxation Department are Customer Relations and Tax Collection, Statistics, and Customs Clearance.
The Enforcement Department has the functions Intelligence and Analysis, Customs Enforcement, Investigation, and Corporate Audit.
The functions of the Administration Department are Personnel Management, Financial Administration, Materials Management, Procurements, Training, ICT Services and Communications.
The Customs Offices Department is made up of Sea Customs, Airport Customs, Vaalimaa Customs, Nuijamaa Customs, Imatra Customs, Tornio Customs and Mariehamn Customs.

 

 

Steering group of Finnish Customs

The management of Finnish Customs is supported by a steering group that assists the Director General and the directors of the departments in the management of Finnish Customs’ operations and in making decisions on general guidelines. The steering group is made up of the Director General, who chairs the group, the directors of the departments, the Director of Finances and the Director of Communications. Tullin johtoryhmään kuuluvat pääjohtaja puheenjohtajana, Tullin osastojen päälliköt, talousjohtaja ja viestintäjohtaja.

Hannu Mäkinen

Hannu Mäkinen, Director General

Jarkko Saksa

Jarkko Saksa, Foreign Trade and Taxation Department

Sami Rakshit

Sami Rakshit, Enforcement Department

Maritta Haapasalmi

Maritta Haapasalmi, Customs Offices Department

Hannu Lappi

Hannu Lappi, Administration Department

Pekka Pylkkänen

Pekka Pylkkänen, Director of Finances

Mika Parkkonen

Mika Parkkonen, Director of Communications