00:0012 февраля 199900:00
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00:0012 февраля 1999
The Baltic customs service intends to organise customs cargo processing directly in the port of entry.
<BR>The Baltic customs service intends to organise customs cargo processing directly in the port of entry.<BR>In this way, customs is fighting against transit cargoes which leave ports for processing by internal customs points, but 'vanish' en route.<BR>"We all know exactly how it is done," says the head of the Baltic customs service, Aleksander Puchkov. "The cargo arrives at the port, and a company takes it for customs processing in another town. On the way the company disappears, and the goods go with it." The mainstay of customs processing will be the institute of customs brokers. Brokers will be given the right to examine cargo themselves.<BR>"We are putting our hopes in the brokers, and not in little hole-in-the-wall outfits. The majority of them work irresponsibly for money they'll put anything you want down in the cargo declaration," complains Puchkov. So far, about ten companies have taken on the risk and applied to the State Customs Committee for customs broker licences. "There will not be more than ten," promises Puchkov. So far only DHL International has received a licence.
