Customs clearance In Kaliningrad. Competition of Customs Representatives in the Territory of Oz.

The unique enclave location of Kaliningrad in relation to other cities of Russia caused the creation of the so-called Special Economic Zone on the territory of the region since 1996. The corresponding document was signed by Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin. What goals were pursued in the creation of the SEZ and whether the tasks were fulfilled - the Government is silent, but it is already possible to say with confidence that together with the creation of the SEZ, a big step was made in the future of the financial development of the Kaliningrad region. For example - the second largest car plant in the country (Autotor), two ports - marine and fishing, shipbuilding Yantar - all these enterprises with their superprofits are to some extent due to preferential conditions for the import of goods for residents of the SEZ and the absence of the need to pay VAT When you import goods from which the finished products are then collected .

If we talk about small and medium business - the same benefits remain for him. It does not matter how many employees are in the staff of the company and what is the monthly turnover of funds, if foreign economic activity is conducted by a resident enterprise of the SEZ - according to the law privileges are supposed. Foreign economic activity involves the involvement of firms that are engaged in customs clearance (by law, for this, it is necessary to have a customs representative license), i.e. Provide their clients with customs declaration services. Customs brokers in Kaliningrad are more than enough, customs clearance in Kaliningrad is their main duty. This is due to the large number of firms interested in the provision of services for registration. Against the backdrop of stiff competition and competition for the buyer, the prices for customs clearance in Kaliningrad are significantly different from those in Moscow or St. Petersburg. Significantly in this case means a difference of 50-60 percent. This trend has persisted for more than a year, and the influx of new and new brokers only says that the "price bottom" has not yet been achieved. In addition, their so-called "gray" brokers offer their services for customs clearance, which are registered in the Tax Registry in extremely rare cases, and, therefore, can be engaged in dumping, against the background of the fact that officially formalized brokers do so in no way Can.

With the accession of our country to the WTO, the state undertook to accept the conditions proposed by this organization, and for the residents of Kaliningrad this can mean only one thing: the influx of customs representatives will only increase in the near future, which will positively affect their pricing policy, and, therefore, Kaliningrad day after day will become more accessible.