Ukraine and Moldova importers most at fault in providing inaccurate information on country of origin

Ukraine and Moldova importers most at fault in providing inaccurate information on country of origin

Alexander Valiev, Head of the Tariff Regulation and Customs Payments Department of the State Customs Committee, notes that some importers are seeking illegal exemption from duties by pretending that products (mostly vegetables and fruit) are from Moldova — rather than from their true origin of Poland or Romania.

Ukrainian importers try a similar deception with a wide range of goods.

However, Mr. Valiev admits that the number of such violations has been falling over the past decade, perhaps due to the scrutiny of border customs within the CIS.