The Department of State Revenue for the Karasu district informs that in 2020 the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union have begun work on the development of amendments to the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union in terms of customs regulation of external (cross-border) electronic trade in goods. E-commerce goods are goods purchased by individuals on foreign Internet sites via the Internet and delivered to the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in international mail or by express carriers. (Order of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council No. 16 dated October 9, 2020).
Customs regulation of foreign electronic commerce implies the allocation of such goods from the total mass of goods for personal use and the establishment of features, such as: the introduction of the institution of an Electronic commerce Operator, the introduction of an electronic commerce declaration, ensuring the possibility of selling foreign electronic commerce goods to individuals using customs ("bonded") warehouses, the introduction of a notification procedure regarding compliance with the requirements of the technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union in respect of certain goods of foreign electronic commerce.
It is assumed that the e-commerce Operator will carry out customs declaration of e-commerce goods and pay customs payments for the buyer, which will first of all remove the need for an individual to contact the customs authorities, will significantly speed up customs clearance operations. At the same time, an individual, if he wants to carry out customs clearance himself, will have the opportunity to independently declare the purchased goods.
The amendments also provide for the purchase of goods by individuals through a customs warehouse, which will significantly reduce the delivery time of goods.
The introduction of the above-mentioned amendments to the Agreement on the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union and the adoption of acts of the Eurasian Economic Commission in accordance with these amendments is planned in 2022-2023.