Customs procedure

Customs procedure: a set of rules under which goods are brought into the customs territory of the EAEU, taken out of it or moved within it. The procedure answers the question of why the goods cross the border. It determines the payments, the prohibitions and how the goods may be used. The procedures are listed in the EAEU Customs Code.

Main procedures

• Release for domestic consumption. Regular import: duties and taxes have been paid, and the goods can be sold without restrictions.
• Export. Goods are taken out to remain permanently outside the union.
• Customs transit. Goods pass through the territory under customs control. Duties are not paid, but security for their payment may be required.
• Customs warehouse. Goods are stored without paying duties until a decision is made on what to do with them.
• Processing. Inside the customs territory or outside it, with special rules for payments.
• Temporary import and export, re-import, re-export. For goods that will come back or move on.
• Special procedures: free customs zone, free warehouse, duty-free trade, destruction, abandonment to the state.

Where it comes up in an international payment

The procedure determines what supports the payment for currency control. For regular import, the bank expects a declaration for goods released for domestic consumption. For processing or temporary import, the deadlines and documents are different, and this is worth reflecting in the contract in advance.

What to watch for

• The procedure is chosen before delivery. It can be changed later, but that means separate clearance and costs.
• The contract terms and payment deadlines must be compatible with the chosen procedure.

Choosing the procedure is a question for the declarant or the customs representative. Our part covers the payment under the contract: selecting the agent and the route, the documents, and following the payment through to execution. More on the Import payments page.