In accordance with a decision taken by the board of the Eurasian Economic Commission on 17.09.2013, it will be mandatory to provide preliminary information about goods being imported by rail into the common customs territory of the Customs Union from 1 October 2014.
In conjunction with the Russian Federal Customs Service, Russian Railways has established a working group to improve customs operations and procedures and coordinate cooperation with those involved in foreign trade with regard to the introduction of new information technologies, including electronic document processing.
Today, all those involved in foreign trade who are interested in the speedy passage of their goods through railway crossing points can provide preliminary information via the website of the Federal Customs Service.
As a result of this system, by the time the goods arrive at the checkpoint, the customs authorities have already received all the necessary information for making decisions, in particular about conducting inspections.
From 1 October 2014, it will be compulsory for shippers to provide preliminary information on imported consignments via the official website of the carrier, namely Russian Railways. The portal will be launched and ready to receive data in test mode in September 2014.
Electronic cooperation between the customs authorities and the carrier is based on the exchange of documents in electronic form between the Main Computing Centre at Russian Railways and the computer system at Russia’s Federal Customs Service, which also takes into account all information security requirements.
According to a press conference, the introduction of mandatory reporting of imported freight will increase the automation of customs procedures and reduce clearance times at railway crossing points.
Technological and technical solutions that are identical to those that will be used for preliminary notification have already been tested during the previous two years of active electronic cooperation between the customs authorities and the railway company.
In 2011, after the signing of a joint plan for the organisation of the main activities of electronic interaction between the Russia’s Federal Customs Service and Russian Railways, a working group was established to improve customs operations and procedures under the joint chairmanship of Salman Babaev, Vice-President of Russian Railways, and Ruslan Davidov, Deputy Head of Russia’s Federal Customs Service.
During this work, two orders were published whose application at pilot sites led to a significant reduction in the time of customs procedures after processing information in electronic form.
Whereas previously the average time for customs operations was 120-200 minutes, the electronic exchange of data meant that the time could be reduced to 60-90 minutes, and in cases where the same types of goods were processed, to just 15-35 minutes.
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