The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation finally decided on the amount of duties on online purchases abroad
The Federal Customs Service (FCS) proposes to establish a mandatory fee of 10-15 euros for Internet parcels from abroad cost from 22 to 150 euros.
Tatyana Golendeeva, deputy head of the FCS, said that for the time being Russia is striving to unify its proposals at the level of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). It includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
“If we hit the wall, if we don’t find some kind of compromise, perhaps Russia will decide [the issue of introducing the collection and new rates] at the national level,” suggested the representative of the leadership of the Federal Customs Service.
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Tatyana Golendeeva reminded that in Belarus the norms of duty-free import of goods by individuals in postal items have already been set below the general limits for the EAEU. However, according to her, making a decision "for five" is preferable. Then there will be no “overflowing” of Internet orders to nearby states with a higher threshold for duty-free delivery.
Russia insists that parcels from foreign online stores worth up to 22 euros be imported duty-free, and orders ranging from 22 to 150 euros - are taxed at a uniform rate of 10-15 euros. In turn, parcels more expensive than 150 euros in the future may cost the citizens 10-15 euros plus 30% of the customs value, Interfax reports.
Russia's proposal will be discussed at a meeting of the EAEU Council on December 2. According to the Kommersant newspaper on November 23, Armenia and Belarus are in favor of lowering the duty-free threshold, and Kazakhstan is against.
Earlier, the Vedomosti and Kommersant newspapers reported that the working group under the ECE Council had prepared several options for changing the regulation of cross-border e-commerce.
According to Vedomosti, the threshold for the cost of parcels for duty-free entry into the EEU countries from foreign online stores was planned to be reduced to 150 euros from the current 1,000 euros. At the same time, for parcels of any value, the EEC wants to introduce a fixed fee of 25 euros.
Kommersant reported on other options for limiting duty-free importation. One of them provides for the introduction of a fee of 15 euros for parcels worth 22-150 euros and weighing 1-10 kg. Goods whose value is more than 150 euros and (or) the total weight of which exceeds 10 kg will require a fee of 15 euros plus 30% of the customs value, but not less than 4 euros per 1 kg of weight.
According to another scenario, which Kommersant wrote about, parcels worth up to 150 euros and weighing no more than 10 kg were planned to be subject to a tax of 10 euros. For the remaining parcels, the fee should have been 10 euros plus 30% of the customs value, but not less than 4 euros per 1 kg of weight.
Today, Russians can purchase goods in foreign online stores for a total amount of up to 1 thousand euros per month without paying duties.
update 1:
According to RIA Novosti, the Federal Customs Service of Russia will create a special unit to combat crimes in the field of e-commerce.
According to the deputy head of the FCS, Ruslan Davydov, the unit will be formed before the end of 2015 on the basis of the headquarters of the FCS to combat smuggling. Davydov noted that it will counteract, including the online trafficking in drugs and weapons, what is called the “dark Internet”.
Tatyana Golendeeva, deputy head of the FCS, said that for the time being Russia is striving to unify its proposals at the level of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). It includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
“If we hit the wall, if we don’t find some kind of compromise, perhaps Russia will decide [the issue of introducing the collection and new rates] at the national level,” suggested the representative of the leadership of the Federal Customs Service.
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Tatyana Golendeeva reminded that in Belarus the norms of duty-free import of goods by individuals in postal items have already been set below the general limits for the EAEU. However, according to her, making a decision "for five" is preferable. Then there will be no “overflowing” of Internet orders to nearby states with a higher threshold for duty-free delivery.
Russia insists that parcels from foreign online stores worth up to 22 euros be imported duty-free, and orders ranging from 22 to 150 euros - are taxed at a uniform rate of 10-15 euros. In turn, parcels more expensive than 150 euros in the future may cost the citizens 10-15 euros plus 30% of the customs value, Interfax reports.
Russia's proposal will be discussed at a meeting of the EAEU Council on December 2. According to the Kommersant newspaper on November 23, Armenia and Belarus are in favor of lowering the duty-free threshold, and Kazakhstan is against.
Earlier, the Vedomosti and Kommersant newspapers reported that the working group under the ECE Council had prepared several options for changing the regulation of cross-border e-commerce.
According to Vedomosti, the threshold for the cost of parcels for duty-free entry into the EEU countries from foreign online stores was planned to be reduced to 150 euros from the current 1,000 euros. At the same time, for parcels of any value, the EEC wants to introduce a fixed fee of 25 euros.
Kommersant reported on other options for limiting duty-free importation. One of them provides for the introduction of a fee of 15 euros for parcels worth 22-150 euros and weighing 1-10 kg. Goods whose value is more than 150 euros and (or) the total weight of which exceeds 10 kg will require a fee of 15 euros plus 30% of the customs value, but not less than 4 euros per 1 kg of weight.
According to another scenario, which Kommersant wrote about, parcels worth up to 150 euros and weighing no more than 10 kg were planned to be subject to a tax of 10 euros. For the remaining parcels, the fee should have been 10 euros plus 30% of the customs value, but not less than 4 euros per 1 kg of weight.
Today, Russians can purchase goods in foreign online stores for a total amount of up to 1 thousand euros per month without paying duties.
update 1:
According to RIA Novosti, the Federal Customs Service of Russia will create a special unit to combat crimes in the field of e-commerce.
According to the deputy head of the FCS, Ruslan Davydov, the unit will be formed before the end of 2015 on the basis of the headquarters of the FCS to combat smuggling. Davydov noted that it will counteract, including the online trafficking in drugs and weapons, what is called the “dark Internet”.
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