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At present, the Russian Federation is the third most important trading partner for the European Union (EU) in terms of international trade in goods and the EU is the most important trading partner … for the Russian Federation. In addition, starting from 2012, the Russian Federation is also a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), so its trade relations with the EU are also governed by the WTO law. Taking into account the fact that customs duties, especially trade defence duties, have a significant practical impact on the volume of international trade between the EU and the Russian Federation and on international trade business, this article discusses the legal issues of their application and possible solutions, based on the recent WTO trade dispute settlement practice.

After months of wrangling the EU and the UK agreed upon the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) on the 24th of December 2020. This trade agreement came as a huge relief to most traders and … businesses who have exposure to the EU/UK supply chain. However, it was not long before this ‘Christmas present’ revealed some very significant conditions that invalidated many of the benefits that most thought the TCA presented. For Customs and trade professionals, this would have been anticipated to some extent, but to regular business owners who had come to rely on the frictionless trade that the EU’s Customs Union and single market facilitated, these conditions came as a very unwelcome shock.

“Import taxes” - the term is used to define the totality of customs-administered taxes (taxes paid to customs administrations/ authorities) applied in the EU, which, in accordance with the national … legislation of the EU and EU Member States, are levied on imports of goods, including customs duties, import VAT and excise duties.

What does the EU-UK TCA mean for businesses that sell finished goods of EU origin to EU customers from the UK, and vice versa? This article addresses questions increasingly asked by businesses … with distribution centre models. Specifically, questions relating to how to mitigate customs duty when trading originating goods between the UK and the EU in 2021.

On 24 December 2020 European Commission announced that an agreement with the United Kingdom on the terms of future cooperation was reached. The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement shall be … provisionally applied as of 1 January 2021. It provides for zero tariffs and zero quotas on all goods that comply with the appropriate rules of origin. What are these rules and the documents proving the originating status of the goods?

The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union has answered the question of whether goods made partly of tobacco and other materials should be subject to excise duty on tobacco in … its entirety or only in part of the composition of the tobacco as one of the consisting substances.

Straipsnyje aptariama Lietuvos vyriausiojo administracinio teismo (LVAT) pozicija dėl mokestinės atsakomybės ir mokestinių prievolių už tranzitu gabenamas prekes paskirstymo tarp tranzitu gabenamų … prekių vežėjo ir muitinės sandėlio, iš kurio šios prekės buvo išleistos gabenimui į paskirties muitinės įstaigą, turėtojo.

Šiame straipsnyje, remiantis Lietuvos vyriausiojo administracinio teismo praktika, suformuota aktualioje administracinėje byloje (ginčo suma beveik 0,5 mln. Eur!), aptariamos muitinės papildomai … apskaičiuotų antidempingo muitų nuginčijimo sąlygos ir jų taikymo tvarka, taip pat apžvelgiami skolos muitinei senaties terminų skaičiavimo ypatumai.

Whether for trade fairs, exhibitions or sporting events - some companies often import durable / consumer goods abroad temporarily. For those companies, it can be worth obtaining an ATA Carnet.

Both in the practice of tax disputes and during tax inspections or investigations carried out by the customs authorities, the following question arises quite often: which particular person the … customs authorities are entitled to qualify as the debtor and, accordingly, to calculate (to that or another particular person) the additional import taxes. In this article, we will review the provisions of the EU Union Customs Code (UCC) and the relevant case-law of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU), which helps to answer these questions and allows businesses to defend their rights and legitimate interests in disputed situations.

Following World War II, like-minded nations sought to create a global trading system that could help foster peace and prosperity through greater economic integration. This effort spawned the … General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which required its members to bind their tariffs at lower levels and apply them in a non-discriminatory way (meaning if you give a concession to one country, you give it to them all).

Reader's question: Can anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties apply simultaneously to the same product? In response to this question, here we provide a practical example of importing electric … bicycles from China and review trade defence instruments - anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties.

Naršant TARIC ir LITAR duomenų bazes, susidursite su sąvoka „erga omnes muito tarifas". Pasaulio prekybos organizacijos kalba tai – „didžiausio palankumo režimo muito tarifas" (angl. Most-favoured-nation … tariff (MFN tariff)). Ką šios sąvokos reiškia?

Due to tariffs suspensions Lithuanian producers saved more than 5.15 million euros in 2019. This amount seems considerable, but it could have been significantly higher! In this article, we draw … the attention of producers to an opportunity which, in our view, is not sufficiently exploited yet. We also review the current issues - which goods are no longer subject to tariff suspensions due to the new EU Environmental Policy and Industrial Policy, and exceptions - when tariff suspensions are compatible with the application of the anti-dumping duty. Finally, we will share practical advice on how to complete a customs declaration and briefly review other countries' requests for tariff suspensions.

2021 m. sausio 1 d. bus pradėtas taikyti 2019 m. gruodžio 17 d. Komisijos deleguotasis reglamentas (ES) Nr. 2020/760. Pareiškėjai, norintys importuoti arba eksportuoti žemės ūkio produktus pagal … importo tarifines kvotas, turėtų susipažinti su naujomis sąlygomis ir reikalavimais. Apžvelgiame ir kitus verslui svarbius šios srities reglamentus, bei paraiškų licencijoms gauti teikimą Lietuvoje.

The global market and increasing competition among market participants encourage unfair trade practices. Various anti-dumping measures are in place to stop unfair trade and protect EU producers. … The number of anti-dumping measures is growing every year in the EU, which ensures fair trade and reduces the formation of monopoly positions on the market. From 2019, the EU more focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to protect them from unfair trade by simplifying procedures. The anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures have led to an average reduction of 80 per cent in unfair trade. This shows that the anti-dumping measures in the EU are working effectively.

Continuing the topic of Inward Processing launched in August article under the heading “Processing Procedures: Examination of Economic Conditions”, I would like to draw attention to a several … changes brought about by the new Union Customs Code and, possibly, opportunities less frequently applied by economic operators: release for free circulation with lower customs duty rate (applicable to the processed product), the use of Union goods (equivalent goods), movement of goods without customs formalities (transfer), generalization.

Although quite some time has elapsed since the announcement of the amendments to the provisions on distance selling of goods and the EU Council has adopted a number of documents setting out implementing … measures for the VAT e-commerce package and details of the operation of the VAT one-stop-shop since the end of 2017 until now, there is still a lack of exceptionally important information needed for express and postal operators to be properly prepared for the practical application of the new VAT e-commerce rules. Even extension of the period of the implementation of the rules for six months does not seem to be a long enough period for settlement of all ambiguities.

What happens if the goods placed under customs supervision are stolen? Is that circumstance to be regarded as relieving the person in charge of the goods from related tax obligations arising … from the release for free circulation? May the national legislation of an EU Member State impose a pecuniary penalty, which equals to the amount of import duties or some other amount? Or may be both imposed – the payment of duties and the pecuniary penalty?