The Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) on November 18-19, 2021 in Yerevan will discuss the possibility of reducing the duty-free threshold for parcels in cross-border trade from 200 euros to 20 euros by 2024. It is also planned to introduce a duty of 1 euro for parcels worth less than 20 euros, TASS reports, citing a source close to the negotiators.
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On June 3, the head of the FCS of Russia Vladimir Bulavin took part in the session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum “Transformation of World Trade. The effectiveness of government regulation ”.
The main issues for discussion were advanced information and communication technologies that allow creating a barrier-free environment for trade, as well as the benefits and risks of digitalization of the state and business.
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According to Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Vladimir Tokarev, these measures are aimed at easing the procedure for using Russian transit opportunities to the maximum.
Moscow and Tokyo are currently discussing a simplified customs declaration for transit goods from Japan. This was announced on Friday at the opening of the business forum “Transsib for Japan”, organized by Russian Railways (RR), said Russian Deputy Transport Minister Vladimir Tokarev.
Moscow and Tokyo are currently discussing a simplified customs declaration for transit goods from Japan. This was announced on Friday at the opening of the business forum “Transsib for Japan”, organized by Russian Railways (RR), said Russian Deputy Transport Minister Vladimir Tokarev.
On Thursday, a launch ceremony was held in Yokohama for trial deliveries of goods from Japan to European countries using the sea connection and the Trans-Siberian Railway. A joint transit service for the accelerated delivery of goods from Japan to Europe through the Far East of Russia via the Trans-Siberian Railway will be provided by JSC RZD Logistics and the FESCO transport group. Delivery on the route of the port of Japan – Vladivostok Sea Trade Port – Transsib – Brest – the destination in Europe is from 19 days, while for transportation by sea through the Suez Canal – about 45 days. The arrival of the test container sent on Wednesday from the Japanese Yokohama to Wroclaw in Poland is expected in mid-June.
Source: Virtual Customs
On April 23, 2019, the All-Russian meeting of customs authorities on topical issues of activity was held at the Federal Customs Service. The event was attended by the head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia Vladimir Bulavin, Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia Ilya Trunin, Director of the Tax and Customs Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance of Russia Alexey Sazanov, Deputy Head of the Federal Tax Service of Russia Daniil Egorov, the leadership of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, customs officials.
The initiative is related to the identification of regular attempts to smuggle in sanctions products using “cover goods”. The Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia explained the reason for its proposal to expand the list of products prohibited for import into Russia. A spokesman for the department told journalists on Saturday that the Federal Customs Service reveals attempts to smuggle in sanctions products using “cover goods” under the guise of products from authorized countries, RIA Novosti reports.
Pochta Rossii received the right to remotely collect duties on goods purchased by Russians in foreign online stores. At the same time, the duty-free threshold has been halved since January 1 and amounts to € 500 for purchases made during the month. Participants in the cross-border trade market fear that the new powers will make FGUE a monopolist in the international delivery market.
Recently, the active introduction of modern information technologies in the system of federal executive bodies of the Russian Federation is a priority in our country. Work on it is carried out on the basis of the principles set forth in the program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”, the Strategy for the Development of the Customs Service of the Russian Federation up to 2020, the Comprehensive Program for the Development of the Federal Customs Service of Russia for the period up to 2020.
The head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, Vladimir Bulavin, made a report at the International Customs Forum – 2018, which was held October 24-25 in Moscow. During the plenary session “Customs of the Future Is Created Today,” the head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia identified four blocks that will form the basis for the future strategy of customs service development (“Strategies – 2030”): information interaction with foreign partners during the movement of goods from the manufacturer to the EEU border to control the movement of goods from the border to the consumer, the development of the infrastructure of the customs authorities, the establishment of communication between the declarants and the electronic declaration centers.
Federal Law No. 289-FZ of 03.08.2018 “On Customs Regulation in the Russian Federation and on Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” was signed by the President of the Russian Federation on August 3, 2013 and officially published on the Legal Information Portal on August 4, 2018. This federal law establishes not only the procedure for customs regulation in the Russian Federation in accordance with the EEC CS, but also the sequence in which certain articles of the Federal Law of 27.11.2010 No. 311-FZ “On Customs Regulation in the Russian Federation” cease to be effective.
From July 1, 2018 the threshold of duty-free import of purchases from foreign online stores will be reduced from 1000 to 500 euros per month per person. This is reported by TASS with reference to the head of the tax and customs policy department of the Ministry of Finance Alexei Sazanov. He also said that the Ministry of Finance supports the proposal of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) to impose duties on all purchases in foreign online stores. However, the official said, this measure will be possible not before 2020, when the administration of customs payments will be fulfilled, RIA Novosti
