In order to identify the risks arising during customs clearance and customs control, a huge layer of information is analyzed. Customs officials use the sources of information available in the customs authority.
The analysis of information is carried out, as a rule, according to the activities of customs departments and in accordance with standard criteria for classifying goods and foreign economic transactions to risk groups. At the same time, a variety of methods are used, among which we can mention traditional mathematical and statistical methods, targeted methods, both developed specifically for this risk profile, and formulated by an employee of the customs authority independently.