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===Symbol of commerce=== A simplified caduceus is found in dictionaries, as a "commercial term" entirely in keeping with the association of Hermes with commerce. In this form the staff is often depicted with two winglets and the snakes omitted or reduced to a small ring in the middle.<ref name=Hermes /> The customs service of the former [[German Democratic Republic]] demonstrated the caduceus' association with thresholds, translators, and commerce in the service medals issued to their staff. The caduceus is also the symbol of the customs agency of [[Bulgaria]] and of the financial administration of the [[Slovakia]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Logo of the Financial Administration of the Slovak Republic |url=https://www.financnasprava.sk/_img/pfsedit/Dokumenty_PFS/Legislativa/IRA/smer/2015/2018.07.23_Smer_2015_04_pril01.pdf |access-date=2019-02-20 |archive-date=2019-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220235907/https://www.financnasprava.sk/_img/pfsedit/Dokumenty_PFS/Legislativa/IRA/smer/2015/2018.07.23_Smer_2015_04_pril01.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> (Tax and Customs administration). The emblems of [[Belarus]] Customs<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.customs.gov.by/en/history-en/ |title=Customs heraldy |author=Belarus Customs |access-date=2020-08-12 |archive-date=2020-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920225926/https://www.customs.gov.by/en/history-en/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/by-cust.html |title=Belarus - Customs Flag |work=FOTW |access-date=2020-08-12 |archive-date=2020-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811155019/https://fotw.info/flags/by-cust.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[China Customs]]<ref>[http://zhengzhou.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal106/tab1641/module5966/info3560.htm ζ΅·ε ³ε ³εΎ½] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014165556/http://zhengzhou.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal106/tab1641/module5966/info3560.htm |date=2018-10-14 }}.</ref> are a caduceus crossing with a golden key. The emblem of the [[Federal Customs Service of Russia]] has a caduceus crossing with a torch on the shield. The coat of arms of [[Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics]] of [[Ukraine]] has two crossed torches surmounted by a caduceus on the shield.
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