St. Petersburg Customs summarized the results of work for 2023.
As one of 10 customs offices of the North-West Customs Administration, St. Petersburg Customs controls the movement of goods by road and rail in the region. Customs posts of St. Petersburg Customs are located in St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Vologda, Novgorod regions and the Komi Republic
In 2023, the cargo turnover in the region of St. Petersburg Customs was 5.53 million tons. The weight volume of exported goods reached 4.44 million tons. 1.09 million tons of goods were imported into the region.
A total of 1.09 million tons of goods were imported into the region
The commodity structure of exports in weight terms is dominated by products of timber industry complex and ferrous metals
Paper and cardboard, plastic products, machinery and mechanical devices, tobacco and industrial tobacco substitutes make up the bulk of imports in weight terms.
Paper and cardboard, plastic products, machinery and mechanical devices, tobacco and industrial tobacco substitutes make up the bulk of imports
For 12 months of the last year, more than 93 thousand foreign commodity shipments arrived at the customs posts of St. Petersburg customs. Most of them – 67,600 consignments – were delivered to the region by trucks. 25,700 consignments were transported by rail
In 2023, the number of goods delivered to customs posts of St. Petersburg Customs by rail transport increased by 18%, while the transportation of goods by road transport decreased by 31%
– The St. Petersburg Customs Service is recording an increase in import shipments arriving in the Northern Capital by rail from the People’s Republic of China, – says Yuri Plotnikov, First Deputy Head of the St. Petersburg Customs Service – So, up to 70 rail containers from China arrive daily at the Shusharsky customs post, located in the south of St. Petersburg. According to the results of 2023 in the customs control zone of the Shusharsky customs post received 23 thousand railway containers, 23% more than in 2022, imported 377 thousand tons of goods –-1.5 times more than in 2022.