Dear Customer(S),

This is for your information.

Russian Federation - Customs Requirements at Russian Boarder

In accordance the decision of Customs Union of Republic of Belorussia, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation,  with which the common sanitary rule have been set up. The commission had determined that the below list of goods have to be sanitary controlled on the customs border and customs territory.  This means that Phyto Certificates have to be presented on the Russian Federation border (in general it is the Finland - Russia border) for all the listed goods.

Please find attached the list of goods and information on which customs commodity codes have to licensed.  

Due to this new rule, we will have to stop all 48N shipments in Finland, check manifests, and inform Finland which consignments can be loaded to the truck bound for Russia and which cons need to be held in Finland until our customers provide TNT with certificate for border clearance.

To support this process and reduce any delays please ensure that customers, CS and all involved persons are informed in advance about customs rules in relation to the Russian Federation border crossing. 


For details of this and all other clearance related broadcasts, please visit the dedicated Customs Broadcasts expressnet page below: 

http://expressnet.tnt.com/intranet/en_wn/Customs/Broadcasts.html 

With Warm Regards,

Team,BMC