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If you had the chance to talk to an expert who was working on the Union Customs Code (UCC), what would you ask? … Questions we asked: What your suggestions do we find in the UCC? What are you … especially proud of about the UCC? What could have been done differently? What would be your advice for the users of the UCC? And more! Grab cup of coffee and enjoy our interview with Michael Lux.

Good trade-related policy requires good trade data. While it may occasionally be necessary to implement policies and trade measures without a data-driven understanding of the underlying trade, … there is always the risk that doing so could deliver unpredictable results or miss the desired objectives. Good trade data is also essential for monitoring and assessing the implementation of trade policies.

News at a glance: cancellation of quotas and established licensing for export of rye and fertilisers; invitation to Ukraine to join the Convention on a common transit procedure and the Convention … on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods; expanded list of goods prohibited for export; EU and UK suspend import duties on Ukrainian goods; new rules of administrative responsibility for infringements of customs formalities; and more news.

Naujienos 25 savaitę: klasifikavimas nesukomplektuotos ar nebaigtos gaminti prekės, skirtos durų staktoms ir slenksčiams gaminti; importuojamoms Kinijos kilmės aliuminio ekstruzijoms nustatomas … antidempingo muitas; papildomi importo muitai cukraus sektoriuje; TIR konvencijos pakeitimai; pratęstas ribojamųjų priemonių taikymas, reaguojant į neteisėtą Krymo ir Sevastopolio aneksiją; ir daugiau atnaujinimų!

Aktualijos 25 savaitę: naujos inventorizacijos taisyklės, leidimas pašto siuntoms naudoti neelektronines duomenų apdorojimo priemones, naftos produktų importo draudimas iš Rusijos.

You can ask the Customs Laboratory to classify your goods to double-check the commodity code you use or plan to use. However, the recommended product code might differ from yours, and you may … disagree with it. What should be done in such a case? Should you ignore the recommendation of the Customs Laboratory? Or is it better to appeal against it? And, in general, is it possible to appeal against such non-binding conclusions? The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (SACL) clarified the latter issue.

Customs classification rules are numerous, long and technically complex. No wonder both declarants and customs authorities seek guidance as to understanding these rules. This article outlines … the intricacies of hard and soft law aimed at facilitating the application of the classification provisions.

News at a glance: the ban on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products during martial law; the limitation of foreign currency transactions for import operations; USA: temporary suspension … of tariffs on Ukrainian steel; UK: agreement on “cutting” tariffs on all goods from Ukraine to zero; EU: 'Solidarity Lanes' for Ukrainian agro-products; common transit in Ukraine: first special transit simplification; FTA between Ukraine and Moldova: amendments on applying PEM; EU: a one-year suspension of EU import duties on all Ukrainian exports.

News in week 21: an updated version of the guidance document on the Registered Exporter (REX) system; regulations concerning anti-dumping and/or countervailing duties on imports of certain iron … or steel fasteners originating in China, woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in China and Egypt, and electrolytic chromium coated steel products originating in China and Brazil.

Every year U.S. Customs and Border Protection (‘CBP’) releases the ‘CBP Trade and Travel Report’. Trade compliance practitioners should take note of these annual reports to keep abreast of CBP’s … current strategies and developments. Additionally, the information contained can provide insight into CBP’s strategic outlook for the future, a valuable tool for planning purposes.

Naujienos 21 savaitę: atnaujinta Registruotųjų eksportuotojų (REX) sistemos naudojimo gairė; reglamentai dėl antidempingo ir/arba kompensacinių muitų Kinijos kilmės geležinėms arba plieninėms … tvirtinimo detalėms, Kinijos ir Egipto kilmės austoms ir (arba) siūtoms stiklo pluošto medžiagoms, bei Kinijos ir Brazilijos kilmės elektrolitiniu būdu chromu padengto plieno produktams.

Prekių tarifinis klasifikavimas - sritis, kurioje Lietuvoje dirbančiam deklarantui nesunku „užsidirbti“ administracinę nuobaudą. Nuobaudos būtų galima išvengti, jeigu pavyktų įrodyti, kad buvo … klasifikuojama pakankamai rūpestingai. Teismuose vis bandoma išsiaiškinti: kurgi tos rūpestingumo ribos? Apžvelgiame aktualią bylą, kurioje ginčas kilo dėl nuobaudos, skirtos už neteisingą išmaniųjų apyrankių klasifikavimą.

Viena pagrindinių diskusijų temų 2019 m. PMO konferencijoje dėl Suderintos sistemos (SS) ateities krypties buvo SS kompleksiškumas. Buvo išreikštas susirūpinimas dėl SS klasifikavimo sudėtingumo, … ypač mažoms ir vidutinėms įmonėms, kurioms suteikiama galimybė dalyvauti pasaulio ekonomikoje, bet jos nebūtinai turi tam reikalingų priemonių.

Aktualijos 21 savaitę: paskelbtas Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės nutarimas dėl Lietuvos Respublikos Tarptautinių sankcijų įstatymo įgyvendinimo; pakeistas muitinės įstaigų klasifikatorius; … Vilniaus TM pakomitečio posėdis tema „Reikalavimai prašymams dėl muitinės deklaracijų taisymo arba pripažinimo negaliojančiomis“; ir daugiau naujienų!

The area of classification is often seen as a dark art and impenetrable to most people. This is of course untrue, but it does require experience and repeated and frequent exposure in order to … operate confidently and competently within this discipline. In March 2021, an article reporting on the deliberations of the Irish Tax Appeals Commission regarding a tariff classification dispute between the Irish Revenue Commissioners and a medical technology company appeared in an Irish daily newspaper. As a customs consultant and a former civil servant with a particular interest in tariff classification, my attention was immediately piqued.

In order to stimulate 'thinking outside the box' in the EU debate on the future of the Customs Union, the European Commission has established a Wise Persons Group on Challenges Facing the Customs … Union (WPG) to reflect on four key topics: e-commerce, risk management, the effective management of non-financial tasks and the future of customs governance structure. The group consists of 12 representatives of business, science and state institutions. The result of their work is presented in the report published on 31 March 2022, reviewing both the current customs situation and the origins of the systemic problems, as well as providing 10 recommendations for a major breakthrough.

Naujienos 17 savaitę: sankcijų Rusijai ir Baltarusijai taikymas - reglamentų taisymai dėl anksčiau sudarytų sutarčių; keičiamas reglamentas dėl tam tikrų papildomų muitų JAV kilmės prekėms; Jungtinė … Karalystė (Šiaurės Airija) įtraukta kaip kilmės šalis, kurios išduoto fitosanitarinio sertifikato, kad į Sąjungos teritoriją būtų galima įvežti augalus, vaisius, daržoves, gėles ar sėklas, pateikti neprivaloma; patvirtinta pagalba verslui, nukentėjusiam dėl Kinijos taikomų diskriminacinių prekybos apribojimų Lietuvai; ir daugiau aktualijų!

Aktualijos 17 savaitę: leista taikyti VŠĮ „Emprekis“ 2022 m. gegužės mėnesio žinyne „Autotransporto kainos Lietuvoje“ nurodytas kainas transporto priemonių muitinės vertės nustatymui ir naudoti … muitinio įvertinimo kontrolės tikslams.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) examined a case, the goal of which was to clarify the tariff position that covers a runny and golden-brown product with a strong smell of vanilla, … consisting of approximately 85% ethanol, 10% water, 4.8% dry residue and having an average vanilla content of 0.5% (the Goods), and whether the Goods of such composition shall be exempt from excise duty on alcohol. The CJEU had to clarify whether the Goods are classified as vegetable extracts, extracted oleoresins or a mixture thereof. It was also necessary to comment on the interpretation of ‘flavouring’, which is not defined in either the Combined Nomenclature (CN) or Council Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonization of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (Directive 92/83).