Key Customs and Foreign Trade News: April 20–26

Russia overhauls customs with VAT deferrals and stricter anti-smuggling crackdowns

Valery Pikalyov Holds Meeting at Far Eastern Customs Administration Following Working Visit

Two Presidential Decrees Signed on VAT Payment Deferrals and Temporary Simplification of EAEU Imports: Comments by Agepsim Ashkalov, Deputy Head of Russia's Federal Customs Service

Russia Launches Pilot Program for VAT Payment Deferrals on Imports

Federal Customs Service Modernizes Customs Monitoring Experiment with Business-Friendly Reforms

Experts Weigh In on Business Simplifications Under Presidential Decree No. 261: Agepsim Ashkalov Shares Insights

First Stages of Inter-Post Declaration Dispatching System Implemented

Astrakhan Customs Processes Equipment for Rolled Metal Production

Citrus Imports to Siberia Surge 1.6-Fold Since Start of Year

Tatyana Merkushova Attends Meeting of Co-Chairs of Russia-Kazakhstan Intergovernmental Cooperation Commission

Nizhny Novgorod Hosts Discussion on Joint Canine Service Projects Among CIS Customs Agencies

Anti-Corruption Efforts

Group Detained in Saratov Region Attempting to Bribe Customs Officer

Anti-Corruption Units of Central Customs Administration and Smolensk Customs Thwart Bribery Attempt Targeting Officer

Law Enforcement

Blagoveshchensk Customs Foils Attempt to Smuggle Gold Worth 2.5 Million Rubles

Customs Officers Dismantle Hashish Smuggling Channel from Belarus to Russia