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This date has long been considered a significant day in the history of the Russian customs service. It was on this day in 1653 that a Single customs charter appeared in the country for the first time, born from the Decree of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich on the collection of customs duties "in Moscow and Russian cities". For the first time, the rights and obligations of customs officers (contractors) to exercise control over the movement of goods were enshrined in law. And on October 25, 1991, by Decree of the President of Russia, the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation was formed.

Mineralovodsk Customs celebrates a professional holiday with worthy results. Since the beginning of the year, more than 6.6 billion rubles have been transferred to the budget. In the region of activity, and these are five of the seven subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District, customs officials have processed about a million tons of foreign economic cargo. The total volume of trade turnover amounted to more than $746 million.

In the airports located in Mineralnye Vody, Grozny, Nalchik and Stavropol, 2,845 aircraft were issued for customs purposes in 9 months of this year,customs controlmore than 390 thousand passengers of international flights – Russians and foreign citizens - have passed.

In order to achieve effective results in countering the smuggling of drugs, weapons, currency and cultural values, and the suppression of economic crimes, it is very important to strengthen cooperation and intensify information exchange with other state services regulating foreign economic activity, with law enforcement agencies, with customs authorities of other countries. As a result of the revealed violations of customs legislation, 1,346 cases of administrative offenses and 15 criminal cases were initiated. The objects of violations were: illegally transported currency, jewelry, various goods andvehicles.

Of particular importance is the work aimed at identifying and suppressing illegal trafficking in sanctioned products. According to the results of the verification activities carried out at fruit and vegetable bases, markets, fairs, shopping centers and chain stores, about 5 tons of sanctioned products (Turkish tomatoes, Polish apples and pears, cheese from Holland and Germany) were seized and destroyed. Control in this direction is carried out jointly with representatives of the Rosselkhoznadzor Departments, the Transport Prosecutor's Office and the Ministries of Internal Affairs of the North Caucasus region. Thanks to interdepartmental cooperation, all prohibited products were seized and destroyed.

For 9 months of 2018, 7991 "export" and 883 "import" declarations were automatically registered, the automatic issue amounted to 1796 and 24 declarations, respectively, and the concentration of customs declaration at the Mineralovodsk Customs post (Electronic Declaration Center) was 98%. Since October 25, 2018, these pilot projects have become part of the work of a new customs body – the North Caucasus Electronic Customs. 

Thanks to the professionalism and dedication of each customs officer, tasks of any complexity are solved daily. On the day of the professional holiday, we sincerely wish all customs officers of the Russian Federation energy and success in responsible public service for the benefit of the Fatherland!

A source:https://www.alta.ru/dvfo_news/63742/