Pre-informing will reduce time for customs clearance of vessels by 20 times – RF FCS
The practice of preliminary informing in the sector of maritime transport will allow decreasing of time for customs clearance of vessels by 9 times for loaded vessels and by 20 times for empty vessels, PortNews journalist cites Sergey Amelyanovich, representative of FCS headquarters on organization of customs control, as saying in the course of video conference dedicated to customs clearance at border check points in Russian seaports with reference to monitoring executed by Southern Customs Department of RF FCS.
He also noted that as of March 1, 2013, clearance of pre-declared cargo consignments covers 95% of all cases in the Black Sea Basin and 100% of container carriers in port Vostochny.
Pre-informing in the sector of maritime transport is said to become a mandatory procedure in 2014-15. This will let control documents without boarding.
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