Prosecutor’s Office says customs turned a blind eye on grain exports via Southern ports
Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office of Russia announced it had discovered violation of grain exports by officials of Krasnodar, Rostov and Taganrog Southern Customs during an audit conducted recently, the law enforcement agency’s press service said.
Overall, Russian grain traders had exported 160,000 tons of wheat via the Southern Region since the Russian Govt imposed the ban.
To avoid the ban the wheat was exported as the feed grain for farm animals, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Russian exporters began shipments of shredded wheat without further processing and treatment in the framework of concluded contracts. Some grain supply contracts were signed when the ban had been effective, prosecutors said in a statement.
The Federal Customs Service and the Russian government was not timely informed on the situation with the export of grain from the territory of the Customs Union.
The Prosecutor’s Office required that the Southern Customs Administration held an official investigation into the case. Those customs officers who violated the law should be brought to account, the Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office said.
