The number of documents that need to be presented to the customs body to confirm the value of the imported goods will be decreased from 16 to 9. Any request to additionally present documents must be justified by the customs officer responsible for valuation. Moreover, the customs officer will not have the right to arbitrarily modify the list of documents needed for valuation. Based on these simplifications, approved by the Government, the Customs Service will work out an importers’ guide, IPN reports.

Another decision approved by the Government says that the economic entities will be able to present import statements electronically. The importer will interact online with the customs body and other inspection authorities. This will allow monitoring and supervising the whole process and excluding abuses and costs incurred for field trips. Such types of inspection as veterinary and phytosanitary will be also automated.

More than 300,000 import customs statements are submitted annually. According to preliminary estimates, the number of customs statements processed electronically will grow gradually and next year already will reach about 30%. The procedure is not obligatory so that the economic entities will be able to choose to submit the statement electronically or on paper.

Two weeks ago, the Government approved the procedure for the electronic declaration of goods intended for export.