More than 120 representatives of business associations, logistics and transport companies, industrial enterprises and authorities attended the meeting of the Siberian Customs Administration advisory council. The central topic was inter-post dispatching — a mechanism for distributing electronic declarations among authorised customs posts to balance the load on electronic declaration centres.
Customs representatives described the changes introduced taking into account the proposals of foreign trade participants. No comparative data on clearance times before the new dispatching procedure was presented at the meeting.
Sergey Maksimov, President of the Union of Transport Workers, Forwarders and Logisticians of Siberia, presented an overview of the development of the Eastern transport and logistics zone of the Novosibirsk transport hub. According to him, the region's transport and warehouse infrastructure has expanded significantly over the past five years. One of the key facilities is the Vostochny industrial and logistics park: warehouse complexes, production facilities and transport services focused on international trade are forming around it. In particular, the construction of a car plant with components supplied from China is under consideration.
The concentration of industrial enterprises, warehouses and logistics operators in one area can simplify the organisation of supplies and the interaction of foreign trade participants with customs authorities.
Participants also discussed the development of international transport corridors, the situation on the main export and import routes and the improvement of container transport in the Novosibirsk region. Customs experts presented information on changes in currency legislation, court practice on customs disputes and the development of the customs monitoring experiment.
Acting Head of the Siberian Customs Administration Vyacheslav Seleznev stated the agency's intention to continue working with the business community on developing logistics corridors and foreign trade ties.
The next meeting is scheduled for November 11 in Irkutsk. Representatives of the Public Council under the FCS of Russia, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Eastern Siberia and the Russian Export Center will take part in the round table. Predictable distribution of declarations, access to transport infrastructure and route stability remain priorities for Siberian foreign trade participants.
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