The Port with Customs Facilities status allows the establishment of the necessary framework in order to facilitate foreign trade and cargo transit to/from Central and Eastern Europe correlated with the simplifying of customs procedures.

1. Ships entering into the port with customs facilities are exempted from customs control before commencing unloading operations, reducing turnaround time.
   
2. Foreign cargoes entering into the port with customs facilities can be stored for an unlimited period or can be reloaded on ships without customs clearance.
   
3. During the period when cargoes are stored in the port with customs facilities, it is not required any guarantee for import duties. This can avoid locking up important sums of money for imported cargoes.
   
4. Import duties are paid only for parcel of foreign goods entering into the country, not for the entire quantity stored in the port.
   
5. Foreign cargoes entering into the port are not subject to any kind of customs control, as long as they remain within the port with customs facilities, attracting this way the transit traffic through the port.
   
6. Romanian cargoes dedicated to export can be cleared before entering into the port with customs facilities.
   
7. For foreign cargoes stored in the port, placed under customs suppressive procedures are not required guaranties for customs duties.
   
8. Foreign cargoes that will transit Romania on railway or inland shipping are exempted from guaranties for customs duties.