# I propose that the Planetary Customs office system is looked at for economic realism

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**Created:** [January 23, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-propose-that-the-planetary-customs-office-system-is-looked-at-for-economic-realism/505375 "2026-01-23T17:02:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Balevian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/balevian/32/516292_2.png) [@Balevian](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Balevian)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-propose-that-the-planetary-customs-office-system-is-looked-at-for-economic-realism/505375/1 "2026-01-23T17:02:33Z")

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I recently found out since doing Planetary industry that the customs offices around planets are corporation owned and not Faction owned, and I find it somewhat bizarre that a Corp can place a structure in space that does not require fuel to sustain and keep active.

I propose that the Planetary Customs office system is looked at for economic realism for owning a structure in space generating an income. I say this as all the planets i visit HS are corp owned by a single corporation with only 17 members and once placed are nothing but a isk machine with no requirement to maintain?

The Corps owning these customs offices in High sec should at least be responsible to fuel them to keep active if not active then they should be removed by concord. The current system is creating a unrealistic avenue of income for these structure owners.

Yes I could war dec or contract someone to war dec the corp and destroy the customs office, but in reality these corps with the offices have so much income now it would be ineffective.

Please look into the planetary customs office systems allowing fair opportunity to place and maintain a structure in HS with the requirement to fuel said structures. If these structures are not actively fuelled and maintained then provide the opportunity to commandeer or remove allowing a new corp to own and build a customs office without the need to war dec.

No player owned structure runs on nothing except the customs offices ???

Balavian (20 year eve player)

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