New unified approaches to simplification of customs procedures in the EAEU developed in Brest

At the 55th meeting of the Joint Board of Customs Services of the EAEU, which was hosted by Belarus, further coordination of practical cooperation was discussed and new unified approaches were developed in simplifying customs procedures. This was reported in the press service of the STC, writes sb.by.

The emphasis is on the unification of legislation, digitalization, protection of business interests and the fight against smuggling.

- Today in Brest agreed positions on 20 issues. The Belarusian side submitted for discussion topics related to the timing of customs inspection, the exchange of information on temporarily imported vehicles for personal use, the order of departure from the territory of the EAEU of certain categories of goods by sea vessels. Colleagues in the Union initiated for consideration topics related to the application of the passenger customs declaration, the updating of the list of tax-intensive goods, the coordination and monitoring of cost risk indicators, the SCC said.

The efficiency of the customs services’ execution of the decisions of the previous meeting was assessed. The decision of the Board following the meeting fixed the directions of further improvement of forms and methods of customs control.

The meeting was held immediately after the meeting of the Council of Heads of Customs Services of the CIS countries, which made it possible to comprehensively solve logistics and integration problems. The results of the competition of professional skills for operators-analysts of inspection and inspection complexes among the customs services of the Union states were also summed up.

In 2024, revenues to the budgets of the EAEU countries of import customs duties exceeded $ 15 billion