The Customs Service on September 1 will start piloting an electronic clearance procedure for imports at the checkpoints Sculeni and Tudora and, if successful, the procedure will be extended to all the customs checkpoints in the country beginning with 2015, as decided by the Government at its meeting on Wednesday, IPN reports.
According to the authorities, costs will be halved when choosing to file electronic import declarations. The procedure will remove the costs of transiting the goods from the border checkpoint to the customs terminal, the costs of filling in the transit declaration, the costs of stationing in the customs area, the costs of copying documents as well as the fees charged by the customs broker.
The procedure also means that the importer will be in contact with the customs only through the information system. Direct contacts with the customs officers will be practically excluded, reducing risks of corruption.
Since the launch of the electronic export clearance procedure at all the customs checkpoints on March 1, electronic export declarations have accounted for 25% of the total.
