Customs Formalities Research Articles

«Partnership for Modernization» as an Instrument of Developing the Legal Base of Customs Cooperation between Russia and the EU

Russia-EU customs cooperation legal base in force has been outdated and is hardly able to meet demands of trade-economic cooperation between Russia and EU. In particular, structure and substance of Russia-EU customs cooperation regulation do not allow to successfully respond to the challenges of bilateral trade. This is stipulated by legal changes at international level for Russia including ratification of International convention on harmonization and simplification of customs procedures of May 18, 1973, forming of Customs union, WTO accession) and following reforms of custom procedures in Russia. Besides, legal base of Russia-EU customs cooperation does not take into consideration the following measures of modernization of customs regulation in the EU: active use of preliminary information change, electronic methods of fulfilment of customs formalities as well as implementation of modern customs techniques, targeted at simplification and securing of customs formalities. Due to the above-mentioned facts and keeping in mind the high role of mutual trade for well-being of both Russia and EU, improvement of customs cooperation legal base becomes the urgent task. The author of the article points out the Initiative Russia-EU «Partnership for modernization» is able to be one the most crucial instruments of development of Russia-EU customs cooperation legal base. The Initiative is conceived to contribute to economic growth of Russia and EU by virtue of implementation of modernized agenda including in customs sphere. Because of that author analyses customs cooperation issues provided by the Initiative, detects its weak points and proposes approaches towards enhancing Russia-EU trade-economic cooperation by means of modernization of trade flows customs administration.

Movement of goods through the customs border of Ukraine

Movement of goods through the customs border of Ukraine

Providing hope and healthcare to displaced people and refugee communities in Africa

Providing hope and healthcare to displaced people and refugee communities in Africa

Predicting International Freight Flows for Trade: Simultaneous Multimodal, Multicommodity, Network Equilibrium Model

Between 1990 and 1997 intraregional trade was very low among the member countries of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Their export share fell from 10.9% to 8.6% of their total world exports, and their import share rose from 9.1% to 10.4% of their total world imports. Among the main reasons were complicated, costly, and time-consuming border controls and customs formalities. To overcome these obstacles and to promote greater economic integration among its members, ESCWA developed an integrated transport system in the Arab Mashreq (ITSAM). ITSAM comprises three basic components: an integrated (multimodal) transport network, an associated information system, and a methodological framework for issue analysis and policy formulation. The present research focuses on the development of an international freight simultaneous transportation equilibrium model (IFSTEM) to predict equilibrium freight flow patterns (times and costs) that can describe the behaviors of exporters and importers of different commodities over an international multimodal network covering ESCWA member countries. IFSTEM is considered a central component of the ITSAM methodological framework. The application of IFSTEM to the prototype shows that the model satisfies the behavioral aspects of the freight system, and its solution procedure is computationally tractable. This should encourage the full implementation of IFSTEM (after its calibration process) as a policy analysis tool and a decision-support system for transport policy makers in the region. The approach can easily be extended and applied to other regions of the world.

Chemical, Other Industries Ready For Push on Remaining EC-92 Issues

According to the sixth and most recent progress report on the European Community's move toward a single internal market, issued late in July by the EC Commission, of the 282 proposals gleaned from the original 301 in the 1985 White Paper on Completing the Internal Market, only 89 are left to be approved by the 12 member countries. For the chemical industry though, much preliminary work has been accomplished. Most EC member nations have already adopted measures concerning customs formalities, technical harmonization and standards, pharmaceuticals and chemicals, commercial transport of goods, and intellectual property. But some sticky issues remain for the industry: competition policy, energy, and the environment. Despite the large issues yet to be resolved, the member nations have waded through most of the white paper's proposals and, over all, seem to be weathering well the ups and downs implied by the proposed changes. Six years can be a lifetime in politics. ...

International Convention Relating to the Simplification of Customs Formalities

International Convention Relating to the Simplification of Customs Formalities

Protocol to the International Convention Relating to the Simplification of Customs Formalities

Protocol to the International Convention Relating to the Simplification of Customs Formalities