Federal Customs Service of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation

The Federal Customs Service (FTSRossia) is a federal executive body that, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, performs functions for control and supervision in the field of customs affairs, as well as the functions of a currency control agent and special functions for combating smuggling, other crimes and administrative offenses.

FCS functions

By Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 26, 2006 No. 459, the FCS is entrusted with the following main functions:

• maintaining registers of persons, organizations and objects included in the field of customs affairs (customs brokers, intellectual property objects, etc.)
• issuance of certificates and permits for the right to operate in certain areas of customs
• determination of the procedure and direct implementation of customs clearance and control
• classification of goods in accordance with the commodity nomenclature of foreign economic activity (TN VED) (as well as maintenance of TN VED), determination of the country of origin and customs value of goods and vehicles transported across the customs border of the Russian Federation
• law enforcement - combating customs offenses
• some advisory services provided free of charge to participants in foreign economic activity

The function of collecting customs payments - customs duties and customs duties - stands out. Along with internal taxes and revenues from state property management, customs payments are one of the main types of federal budget revenues. So, in January 2008, customs authorities transferred 274.77 billion rubles to the federal budget.

Territorial structure of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation

• Regional customs offices (corresponding to the federal districts of the Russian Federation)
• Regional customs (often, but not always correspond to the subjects of the Russian Federation)
• Customs posts
• Customs of central subordination (for example, customs of Moscow airports, Central excise customs, etc.)

Transfers of revenues to the budget

Main article: Transfers of the FCS to the budget of the Russian Federation

Digitalization

Main article: Information technologies in the FCS

History

2024: Detention of the deputy head of the FCS on charges of corruption in the supply of IT equipment

On March 26, 2024, it became known about the detention of the deputy head of the FCS of Russia, Colonel-General of the Customs Service Elena Yagodkina. She is suspected of corruption. Read more here.

2023

Banning employees from using Apple equipment

On July 21, 2023, it became known about the ban on the use of Apple devices by employees of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia. The decision of the department followed the statement of the FSB that the gadgets of the American corporation are used by the US authorities for surveillance.

Prohibit officials and employees of the FCS of Russia, other customs authorities of the Russian Federation, representative offices (representatives) of the customs service of the Russian Federation in foreign countries and institutions under the jurisdiction of the FCS of Russia, the use of mobile phones, smartphones, laptops, tablets, smart watches manufactured by Apple... when creating official documents and transmitting in any way information generated during the performance of official activities and during the performance of official duties, - says the order of the FCS, excerpts from which are provided by RIA Novosti.

Customs banned employees from using Apple equipment

According to the document, the leadership of customs authorities in local units should withdraw previously issued mobile devices from employees. The ban in the FCS applies to all electronics of the American company Apple, except, probably, headsets and headphones.

Since July 17, 2023, employees of the Ministry of Industry and Trade have already been banned from using iPhones and other Apple devices. The representative of the ministry, confirming this, linked the decision with information from the FSB and FSO that the US National Security Agency used Apple devices for surveillance.

According to the FSB, a total of ON several thousand iPhones were infected with malware, including in diplomatic missions in Russia, the department said. What exactly happened to the phones after the infection and whether it was possible to eliminate the "anomalies," the FSB did not tell. Apple has denied accusations of collaborating with American intelligence.^[1]

Former head of the FCS anti-corruption service received 8 years for bribes from furniture importers

In early July 2023, the Zyuzinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced the former acting to 8 years in a strict regime colony. Maxim Rozsypalo, head of the anti-corruption service of the North-West Customs Administration of the FCS of the Russian Federation, in the case of receiving a large bribe (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Read more here.

Ruslan Davydov - the new head of the FCS

In February 2023, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed orders, one of which he dismissed 70-year-old Vladimir Bulavin from the post of head of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of the Russian Federation, and the other appointed 62-year-old Ruslan Davydov as the new leader. Read more here.

2020: TAdviser interview with First Deputy Head Ruslan Davydov

In February 2020, the first deputy head of the Federal Customs Service Ruslan Davydov, who oversees the construction of the customs control architecture, spoke in an interview with TAdviser about the prospects for digitalization of the FCS. Read more here.

2013: Russian customs arrears hit $40 billion

The Russian budget in 2013 alone received less than $40 billion from customs, scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences calculated according to the methodology developed by them, RBC reports ^[2]. The use of this method made it possible to identify significant discrepancies in foreign trade data on imports and exports.

The scientists who conducted the research used, in particular, the data of the customs and banking currency control system of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and the method of "mirror statistics." By comparing the total amount of payments and the invoiced value of imports and exports of goods from Russia declared by customs authorities, scientists determined the total amount of underestimated value when declaring, and then used the "mirror statistics" method to verify primary data.

According to the Federal Customs Service, in 2013, 6 trillion 564.56 billion rubles were transferred to the federal budget. In 2014, customs fees increased by almost 7 percent - to 7 trillion rubles. In January - February 2015, the FCS reduced payments to the budget by 20 percent compared to the same period a year earlier

The FCS accounts for about half of all federal budget revenues. The Russian federal budget deficit in 2015 is projected at three percent of GDP.

In turn, according to the official representative of the FCS Alexander Smelyakov, the deputy assessment of the lost payments is "a populist exaggeration, not based on a reliable calculation method."

The FCS believes that the existing methodology needs to be finalized, and it should have been finalized by the RAS, but "most of the FCS proposals" were not taken into account there.

The current methodology was adopted in 2008 by a joint order of the FCS, the Ministry of Economic Development and Rosstat.

2006: The service is subordinated to the Government of the Russian Federation

On May 11, 2006, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the Federal Customs Service was subordinated. Government of the Russian Federation Previously FCS Russia , it was subordinate to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

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