
Russian customs units have thwarted more than 800 attempts at food smuggling into the country since the introduction of Russia’s response sanctions against the West, a Federal Customs Service (FCS) official said on Wednesday.
“Customs control has banned the import of a total of 818 batches, 139 administrative offence cases have been opened,” head of the FCS risk and operational control department Vyacheslav Goloskokov told Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the Customs Service 2014 exhibition on Wednesday.
In a conversation with reporters, he cited a number of examples when customs officers exposed, in particular, the smuggling of Dutch pork that was declared as mash from China. In another case, the customs officials prevented smuggling of unidentified cheese disguised as technical protein mix. There was also an attempt to smuggle into Russia milk powder from Poland under the guise of barium carbonate from China, Goloskokov said.
He said administrative offence cases were opened only if false declarations were submitted, and in other cases the import of food batches into the country was just banned.
GMT 14:02 2018 Sunday ,02 December
RDIF says $2 billion will be invested in Russian economy from joint Russian-Saudi fundGMT 12:03 2018 Friday ,30 November
Canada on track to sign new free trade deal with US and MexicoGMT 07:56 2018 Wednesday ,21 November
Merkel policies in focus in final debate on draft German budgetGMT 14:11 2018 Thursday ,08 November
Greek minister, Russian ambassador discuss possible investment projectsGMT 13:42 2018 Wednesday ,07 November
PM says Russian-Chinese trade turnover may reach $200 blnGMT 11:15 2018 Wednesday ,07 November
Top U.S. diplomat visits Pakistan to discuss economic cooperationGMT 13:53 2018 Thursday ,01 November
Alrosa to sell 127 large gem-quality rough diamonds at an auction in IsraelGMT 10:59 2018 Tuesday ,30 October
Trade turnover between Russia and Japan grows by over 17% in 2018Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor