Belarus revises customs duty rates

11:52, 25 July 2012

MINSK. July 25. KAZINFORM - Belarus has revised some customs duty rates. Decree No.329 signed by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on 23 July amended Decree No.443 "Concerning customs rates" of 13 July 2006, BelTA learnt from the press service of the head of state, Kazinform has learned from BelTA.

The document seeks to improve customs legislation in part of optimization of customs duties due to the changes in the complexity of customs control operations.

Customs duty on a preliminary decision on classification of goods in accordance with Foreign Economic Activity Commodity Classification of the Customs Union has been lowered from €155 to €120.

The number of customs duties for customs operations regarding the goods moved through the customs border has been reduced from three to two. Due to changes in the complexity of customs control operations with respect to some commodity groups of the Foreign Economic Activity Commodity Classification of the Customs Union, customs duty has been reduced from €35 to €20. Customs duty on other commodity groups has been increased from €35 to €50.

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