Specialist in customs clearance

Western countries for more than a century are familiar with the concept of a customs broker. At us about such sphere of services have started talking only after disorder of the Union. Specialist in customs clearance - today a fairly popular and highly paid profession in the world.

Companies operating on the foreign economic market require the delivery of cargo to the designated point at a certain time and in complete safety. In this case, the cargo must go with the accompanying documentation and without various penalties. But not every company can boast of employees of this level. Therefore, in such cases, the customs clearance specialist will be very helpful.

His field of activity includes:

- Representing the interests of the customer at the customs office, performing customs operations on his behalf;

- declaration of goods;

- provision of the necessary documents and information about the cargo to special authorities;

- payment of customs duties, VAT, excise duties;

- Sometimes the work at customs requires the personal presence of the broker during the inspection of the goods, which makes it possible to conduct this process much faster;

- Legal advice, during which the client explains the peculiarities of the legislative framework.

Regardless of the way in which the cargo moves - by sea, land or air, the customs clearance specialist must correctly present the system of transportation of goods on the way. Since sometimes imported goods can grow very much in price due to payment of taxes, customs duties, necessary permits. And this transaction for a businessman will not make sense. The customs broker should provide for this and warn the client.

What will be required to provide this type of service? It is necessary to apply for a customs form in the register of customs brokers and a license for this type of activity. And:

1. The presence in the state of at least two people who have a certificate of specialists of the appropriate profile. At the same time, you need to be a citizen of Russia, have a higher education and confirm your knowledge with a qualification exam.

2. A policy of insurance of the responsibility in case of drawing of harm to property of the client or infringement of the contract with it. The insurance policy should clearly stipulate a guarantee for damages in each case.

3. Provision of security for payment of various taxes and customs duties in an amount equal to not less than one million euros at the rate of the National Bank. As an option, a bank guarantee is allowed , a transfer of the amount in the required amount to the account of the FCS, a suretyship agreement.

4. The organization should not have the status of a state institution.

5. Absence during a year of facts of bringing an offense to administrative responsibility in this field of activity.

6. There should be no debts for customs payments worth more than 500 000 rubles.

The customs clearance specialist operates within the framework of the Customs Code in the Customs Union and the Federal Law "On Customs Regulation in the Russian Federation," which complements the TC.