Officials of the Vyborg customs stopped the channel of illegal importation into the customs territory of the Eurasian economic Union (EEU) of a large consignment of Dutch cheese.
January 27 at the customs post MAPP cowberry almost the same time arrived five passenger vehicles under the control of citizens of the Russian Federation. In each vehicle besides the drivers, there were two or three passengers.
“Citizens were returning from Finland to Russia shopping. Each of them has purchased a variety of products – food, coffee, hygiene items. Cost norms and weight norms of limited goods, they were not exceeded. During the inspector of the customs post verbal questioning, they said that not travel of goods subject to mandatory written Declaration. However, when conducting customs control in the vehicles was discovered undeclared goods. How did you manage to install the movable goods owned by the drivers of vehicles”, – said the head of the customs post MAPP cranberry Alexander Tkachenko.
From the resulting explanation should be that the drivers with the customs rules movement of goods is not familiar or partially familiar. According to the drivers, each purchased from 80 to 90 kilograms of cheese cost 100-200 euros for personal use, while the receipts for none of them kept.
In connection with the suspicion that the car may be the goods that fall under the prohibitions and restrictions when moving through the customs border of the EAEU with concealment from customs control, the whole transport was sent to the box in-depth customs inspection, including inspection using mobile inspection complexes.
Discovered whole dairy products, with a total weight of nearly 500 pounds, was recognized by the customs authority not intended for personal use. In respect of citizens of the Vyborg customs office filed the case on administrative offences on five facts of not declaring goods under part 1 of article 16.2 of the administrative code. Cheese confiscated and sent to the merchandising expertise to assess its market value. In accordance with the procedure established by the government of the Russian Federation of July 31, 2015 No. 774, all the goods will be destroyed.
Natalia Finogina,
press Secretary of the Vyborg customs