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The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, are discussing the possibility of granting the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) the right to confirm the origin of foreign goods imported into Russia. This follows from the minutes of a meeting of the commission on issues of classification and country of origin of goods of the Expert Advisory Council for the Implementation of Customs Policy under the Federal Customs Service (FCS), Vedomosti writes .
Initially, such a proposal was made by participants in foreign economic activity ( FEA ), forced to pay increased import duties on goods whose origin is questionable for customs. The Federal Customs Service, in turn, "expresses interest" in preparing a regulatory framework for implementing such a mechanism, the document states. The discussion of the issue at the commission was confirmed to Vedomosti by Anastasia Chursina, a member of the Expert Advisory Council for the Implementation of Customs Policy at the Federal Customs Service and an expert at Delovaya Rossiya.
There was a discussion about possibly granting the CCI the right to issue certificates of origin for imported goods, but a final decision has not yet been made due to numerous complications, Elena Dybova, vice president of the CCI, told Vedomosti. The mechanism can only work if the CCI of the manufacturing country issues its own certificate, which the authorized body in Russia could rely on. "This [confirmation of the country of origin of goods] is a fairly complex procedure, and in the case of certain countries, no one can guarantee confirmation of this or that information," says Dybova. Representatives of the CCI subsidiary ANO Soyuzexpertiza have experience in conducting inspections and checks of goods in other countries, but so far this can only be done with respect to friendly countries, she adds.
The CCI is already authorized to provide a number of services to participants in foreign economic activity, as follows from the provisions of the law "On Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Russian Federation". This includes, in particular, the preparation and issuance of certificates of origin for goods exported from Russia, international documents, such as ATA carnets (from the English Temporary Admission - "temporary import"; equivalent to a customs declaration, includes a guarantee for the payment of import duties and fees), as well as certification of force majeure circumstances, trade and port customs.
