Lukashenko has limited the duty-free import of international parcels. Journalists were commented on the changes in the decree on the movement of goods for personal use across the border of the customs union Decree 40 of February 11 of the year

On April 14, Decree No. 40 comes into force, which changes the rules for the transport of goods from abroad for citizens of Belarus.

"One of the norms established by the decree: a restriction on the import of goods up to 300 euros and 20 kg when moving a person across the border more than once every three months," said the deputy chairman of the State Customs Committee Vladimir Orlovsky.

What is now possible and what is not, we consider on the example of real situations.

In this case, new things can be brought back to the country for a total amount of 1,500 euros and weighing no more than 50 kilograms. Anything more will be subject to tax and duty. The customs officers will calculate the total cost according to cash receipts that you show them (don't throw away the receipts!). If there are no checks, customs officers will check the cost of things on their own. In practice, they often do this using the Internet on the websites of stores and shopping centers(Question: how long will it take?).

You can bring goods worth 1,500 euros once every three calendar months. That is, if you brought a TV set for 1,500 euros on April 15, then you can do it again without paying duties on July 1.

Situation 2. I have already been abroad once after April 14, brought a TV set for 1500 euros, and now I am going for the second time (earlier than in three calendar months) and from purchases I only have a phone for 299 euros. What will happen?

Nothing. Anything less than 300 euros is not subject to additional taxes and fees. Customs officers will determine the cost of your purchases in the same way as in the first case - by checks or on their own. Nuance - your purchases should not weigh more than 20 kg. If you buy something in Lithuania and plan to pick up Tax Free at the border, then ask the cashier for a copy of the receipt (the original will be taken along with the Tax Free papers).

Situation 3. I have already been abroad once after April 14, I brought a TV set for 1500 euros, and now I am going a second time (earlier than in three calendar months) and I am bringing a phone for 350 euros. What will happen?

If customs officers find your new phone, you will have to pay a customs fee for the entire cost of the phone, customs duty and value added tax. For each category of goods, the amounts of these payments are different. But in the end, they can even make up half the cost.

If you were carrying a phone for 299 and new jeans for 30, then you will have to pay for one thing to choose from. It is better to choose jeans.

Situation 4. I have already been abroad once after April 14, I did not bring anything, and now I am going for the second time (earlier than in three calendar months) and I am bringing a phone for 350 euros. What will happen?

The same as in situation No. 3. The fact is that customs does not care at all whether you carried something for the first time or did not carry it. Your legal 1500 euros are burned immediately after the first entry into the country. Even if you didn't buy anything at all.

Situation 5. I forgot that I have goods for more than the allowed amount and food (or I go) through the green corridor. What will happen?

If the customs officers do not check your bags, then nothing. If they check and find there goods totaling more than 300 euros, you will have to pay a fine - from a million to six. V administrative code there is even a related article. It's called "non-declaring the goods". Moreover, it will no longer be possible to abruptly change your mind and ask for a "red corridor" - you will have to pay a fine, and fees and taxes.

Situation 6. I return to the country with my old, but very expensive laptop (camera, tablet, phone). Will there be problems?

May be. To avoid it, customs officers are advised to ask for and fill out a declaration when leaving Belarus. If this has not been done, you will have to somehow negotiate with customs officers during your return to the country. They may believe that this is your personal laptop that you have been using for ten years. But if there is not a scratch on it, they may not believe it.

Situation 7. I was in the "Acropolis", got on crazy discounts and bought expensive things at ridiculous prices. What will happen at the border?

If the checks from Akropolis have been preserved, then everything is fine. If not, the customs officers may start checking the true value of your purchases and not the fact that it will match the magical 300 euros. In short, keep your receipts.

Situation 8. I do not want to pay any duties to anyone, what should I do?

Return to Belarus by plane. In this case, no one will consider the cost of your overseas shopping. At the same time, you need to remember that for customs it is only important how you return to the country. How they left - on the ground, in the sky, or on a steamer - she absolutely does not care.

And further important nuance: Customs will not take into account air travel at all. That is, you can go by car once, bring yourself something for 1,500 euros, and then fly for three months and carry whatever you want, in the amount of no more than 10 thousand euros.

Situation 9. I'm going on vacation for a month. On the first day I buy a camera (laptop) there and actively use it. Will such a thing be considered new, or is it no longer?

New. You bought it abroad, but you are a citizen of Belarus and when you return, you take the camera with you. An exception is made only if you have a residence permit in another country. Then you can bring your things duty-free.

Situation 10. I am transporting something, the real value of which no one knows, even the Belarusian customs. What will happen?

If you believe the customs, this can not be in principle. Everything has its price, which can be quickly figured out.

By the way, the limit for the import of goods into Belarus through road and rail checkpoints will include purchases made in duty free shops. Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee Vladimir Orlovsky said that there would be exceptions only for employees of diplomatic missions and consular offices. Decree No. 40 of February 11, 2016 will come into force in Belarus from April 14. From this day on, goods exceeding the customs value of 300 euros or 20 kg must be declared if you cross the border more than once every three months.

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The provisions of the normative act determine the features of the movement individuals goods for personal use, including those sent internationally postal items and delivered by carriers. The new norms have been adopted in order to prevent the movement of commercial consignments of goods by citizens.

Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlovsky told journalists about what has changed in connection with the decree.

Parcels from abroad

For example, upon receipt of a parcel worth 50 euros and weighing 2 kilograms, customs duties and taxes will be calculated according to the following scheme: (50-22) * 30% = 8.4 euros + 5 euros (customs fee).

For reference: for the period from 2013-2015. the volume of imported international postal items increased by more than 6 times: in 2013, 1.9 million items were imported, in 2014 - 6.3 million, in 2015 - 11.8 million. Moreover, about 90% of the inhabitants of Belarus do not receive international mail. More than 250 thousand citizens receive from 10 to 100 international parcels per year. On average, about 10 international postal items come to one recipient, and about 15 to one address.

Goods for personal use… How much do we carry?

He also explained that the provisions of Decree No. 40 do not apply to goods imported by air, exported earlier and imported back by individuals, imported by employees of diplomatic missions and employees of consular institutions and other international organizations, goods received as an inheritance, as well as imported during resettlement to a permanent place of residence in Belarus. In addition, the norms do not apply to used goods that were previously exported outside customs territory and imported back in an unchanged state without documentary evidence of their export, for example, mobile phones, laptops, etc., if their value does not exceed 1.5 thousand euros and 50 kg.

For reference: According to the results of a survey of road checkpoints on the border of the Republic of Belarus, conducted by the National Statistical Committee and the State Customs Committee in 2015, over 70% of citizens entering the Republic of Belarus indicated the amount of expenses when traveling abroad up to 300 euros.

We declare expensive things

- Advice to citizens: if something expensive is exported, it is better to declare it, - Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlovsky, Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee, suggested. - When you return, no matter how much your equipment costs, if you have a declaration, we will let such goods through without paying customs duties. If we are talking about the import of undeclared expensive equipment, then the customs officers will have questions.

Frequency of movement of goods across the border

He also noted that the population had enough time to adapt to innovations. Therefore, the situation on the border is calm.

Call centers

In the call center of the State Customs Committee, calls will be accepted from Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 18.00 by phone: 218-90-72, 218-90-81, 218-90-82, 218-91-20, 218-90-95. You can get advice around the clock by calling 218-90-00. Contact phone numbers of customs call centers are posted on their official websites.

Prepared by Elena YAROSHEVICH.

From April 14, new norms for duty-free import of goods will come into force in Belarus. This is provided for by Decree No. 40, which was signed on February 11. So far, you can receive duty-free parcels from abroad no more than 200 euros per month and weighing up to 31 kg. Soon these restrictions will be reduced to 22 euros and 10 kg. Those who travel abroad more than once every three months and return with goods worth more than 300 euros or heavier than 20 kg will also have to pay customs duties. If foreign trips happen less than once every three months, then you can import duty-free goods in the amount of 1,500 euros and weighing up to 50 kg.

The innovations raised a lot of questions from our readers, and we asked Sergei FYODOROV, Head of the Customs Control Organization Department of the State Customs Committee, to answer the most common of them.

What do you need to know to receive a parcel?

Why are such norms introduced: 22 euros, and not 100 or 2? N. Sergacheva, Minsk.

The decree was adopted to prevent attempts by citizens to move commercial parties under the guise of goods for personal use. We analyzed import norms in neighboring countries, the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, the CIS, Canada and China. We looked at how international postal items (IGOs) go to Belarus. By the way, Belarusians mostly receive parcels (with purchases, gifts), which fit well into 10 kg and 22 euros. In addition, in a number of EU member states, for example, in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Italy, Finland, Slovakia, Germany and others, the rate of duty-free shipments is 22 euros. In Sweden and France, all IGOs, regardless of cost, are subject to VAT. By the way, in China this norm is 7 euros. Therefore, the reduction of the rate of duty-free import in our country is quite natural.

How will the customs authorities determine the value of what was sent from abroad and what payments will follow? P. Trubnik, Gomel.

The calculation is made based on the declared value of the IGO, which was indicated by the sender. If it is not available or it is incorrect, the inspector determines the cost according to the available price information for similar goods, as well as various online catalogs. If the limit of 22 euros and 10 kg is exceeded, the addressee will pay 30 percent of the excess amount (but not less than 4 euros per kg), as well as a fixed rate of 5 euros - customs duty. For example, for a parcel of 50 euros and weighing 2 kg, duties and taxes will be: (50 - 22) x30 percent. This is 8.4 euros. Plus 5 euros, we get 13.4. The recipient will be notified that they need to be paid, payment is made at the post office in Belarusian rubles upon receipt of the parcel.

What if the package is coming not by mail, but through the expedited delivery service? Let's say UPS. I.Pastushenya, Dobrush.

Goods delivered by express carriers are subject to similar duty-free rules. At the same time, the customs operations themselves are somewhat different. The operator or the owner of the temporary storage warehouse notifies the person about the goods that have arrived. The recipient then submits a passenger declaration to the customs clearance point. In Minsk (when delivered by air), it is located at the National Airport. If the duty-free limit is exceeded, you will also have to pay extra. By the way, you can use the services of a customs representative who will arrange the express cargo himself.

Relatives sent the Belarusian an expensive gift. Should it also be no more than 22 euros? Do I need a check and what if not new things, equipment are sent? O. Chebuk, Brest.

The inspector is obliged to make a customs assessment and determine the value of the goods - this is the generally accepted procedure for the work of customs authorities throughout the world. And whether it is a new product or not, the employee will determine by the labels, appearance etc. We recommend that you attach documents to determine the value, say, a check. This will significantly reduce the time of customs operations, and the addressee will receive the parcel faster. By the way, Decree No. 40 does not exclude the possibility of receiving duty-free money that was sent in letters with a mandatory value of up to $200.

Is it possible to receive several parcels per month if they are not more expensive than 22 euros and not heavier than 10 kg? P. Tverdokhlebov, Minsk.

It is possible if this limit is not exceeded in total.

What to do with parcels that are already ordered and which can take 3 - 6 months? And what norms will generally be applied to IGOs ​​ordered before the adoption of the decree, but arrived in Belarus after it came into force? R. Cherenko, Lida.

The Decree on this matter clearly defines: the import norms are applied from the date of registration of the parcel in the temporary storage warehouse. If the shipment arrived and was registered in the warehouse before April 14, then the previous provisions apply.

“Innovations will reduce violations of tax and business laws, we are told. But what about all the people here? - asks Julia from Stolin. - Now it will be more profitable to buy in Belarusian online stores, but this way is much more expensive. What exactly did I do wrong when I want to buy a handbag for 40 euros on AliExpress, and why can't I order a phone case, which we sell three times more expensive? In addition, there is something that is simply not produced in Belarus.”

The decree is primarily aimed at excluding the import of commercial parties. Of course, this step is also the protection of the economic interests of the country, we stimulate foreign producers with duty-free imports. In 2015, more than 90 percent of our citizens did not receive international parcels at all. Each of the 250 thousand Belarusians received more than 10 international parcels from online stores, 2.5 thousand - over 100. These goods are for sale. As for the specific handbag for 40 euros, in the end it will cost you somewhere around 50.4 euros. For low-value goods, such as a phone case, the possibility of duty-free shipping is retained.

Will the innovations affect postal items from Russia? S.Malets, Grodno

No, they won't touch.

by the way

A study by customs authorities last year showed that more than 70 percent of parcels are online purchases.

THE DECREE DOES NOT APPLY

For goods imported into Belarus by air, employees of diplomatic missions, citizens who received an inheritance outside the Eurasian Economic Union, refugees, internally displaced persons, people entering for permanent residence, as well as for those goods that were exported from the country and imported back.

Import of goods in questions and answers

What should be done in order not to break the law if a person crosses the border more than once every three months and carries with him goods more expensive than 300 euros or heavier than 20 kg? What goods in general and how should they be declared when traveling abroad?

If a citizen does not know what the import standards are and doubts how to proceed, it is better to declare everything. The customs declaration can be filled out both before the trip in electronic form (on the website of the State Customs Committee), and already at customs. Here you are leaving with a camera, a laptop - it is better to declare when exporting. Then, upon returning in a disputable situation, you will not have to prove that all this was not bought, but simply returned home. Especially if you are planning to buy something abroad. Although in my 20 years of practice, I have not heard of cases where customs officers (even without declarations filled out at the exit) were forced to prove that what was imported back was not a foreign purchase.

Upon returning, if you are in doubt whether you are complying with the norm or not, it is better to stand in the red channel and declare the goods, indicating the weight and value. If this is not your first trip in three months, but the value of the imported goods is more than 300 euros (or the weight is over 20 kg), then duty, VAT (20 percent) and customs clearance fee will be charged from the excess goods.

If citizens want to import duty-free goods for personal use, for example, household appliances more expensive than 300 euros, this can be done after three months from the date of the last trip. The limits of 1,500 euros and 50 kilograms remain the same.

Let's calculate: a person enters abroad for the second time in three months and carries a computer for 250 euros, a vacuum cleaner for 100. Or a washing machine for 250 euros and weighs 32 kg. How much will you have to pay at customs?

Consider the option: a computer and a vacuum cleaner. Insofar as total cost above 300 euros, then one product of the person’s choice must be declared with payment of customs duties. In this case, not a passenger ticket is served customs declaration and the goods declaration. When declaring a computer, the amount of customs payments will be 100 euros: this is a customs fee of 50 euros and the same amount of value added tax, customs duty - 0 euros. If you declare a vacuum cleaner with a power of not more than 1,500 W, with a volume of not more than 20 liters, then you need to pay 76 euros: customs duty - 50 euros, duty - 5 euros (5 percent rate) and 21 euros VAT. So washing machine for 250 euros and a weight of 32 kg, you need to pay customs payments in the amount of 130 euros: customs duty - 50 euros, duty (10 percent rate) - 25 euros, VAT - 55 euros.

- Is the goods bought in duty-free shops included in the norms of 20 kg and the price limit?

Included. This product is no different from any other. Again, if you drive less than once every three months, you can buy up to 1,500 euros and weighing up to 50 kg. But with restrictions on the purchase of alcohol and tobacco.

- Is it enough to confirm the value of the goods when importing a check?

The mechanism is the same as for transfers. To confirm the cost, you can submit, for example, a specification, a proforma invoice, a sales receipt, a receipt for payment, an inventory of property.

Suppose: a person returns from abroad lightly, without luggage. Does this trip count and will the limit be reduced in the next three months?

Yes, such a trip will be taken into account, because any border crossing involves the movement of goods, even in a small volume. Let's say I'm a driver of a cargo company and went on a business trip abroad. In two months, when I go on vacation, I must take into account that purchases for personal use will include purchases of no more than 300 euros and no more than 20 kg. Unless, of course, I use air transport, to which the norms of the 40th Decree do not apply.

- How about a person who moves to Belarus?

Right. Since he is traveling for permanent residence, his luggage goes under the usual import rules, that is, without new restrictions. Of course, when a person submits a passenger declaration, he must have confirmation that he is moving to a permanent place of residence. Although each case is considered and controlled individually, because in certain situations a migrant simply does not have time to wait for permits.

Can customs officials offer to pay, for example, for used shoes, coats, perfumes, a phone or laptop that a traveler takes with him on a trip abroad? How to prove that it all just comes back home?

For used items that are imported back, worth up to 1,500 euros and weighing up to 50 kg, the provisions of the decree do not apply.

Are all issues related to the 40th Decree settled with all parties? Will there be any other innovations?

All issues have been resolved. It remains only to explain to the citizens the provisions of the new normative act. By the way, the mechanism, which is established by the decree, in some cases was previously used by the customs authorities.

Why not make it better to identify illegal sellers? Do you really think that those who took for sale will stop doing it? They will carry the goods through Russia.

I believe that the tax and other regulatory services are working and performing their functions. As for Russia, we are already discussing with our colleagues from the EEC the possibility of reducing duty-free importation of goods for personal use throughout the Eurasian Economic Union.

DIGIT "SB"

Four years ago, Belarus received about 3,000 parcels a day, now this figure can reach up to 50,000.

Lyudmila Gladkaya, "Soviet Belarus" No. 44 (24926) dated March 10, 2016

Minsk, 11 February. Presidential Decree No. 40 of February 11 sharply limited the duty-free import of international parcels.

The document, information about which is posted on the National Legal Internet Portal, amends the Decree of July 21, 2014 No. 360 "On the movement of goods for personal use across the customs border of the Customs Union in the Republic of Belarus."

"It has been established that customs payments are not paid in respect of goods for personal use sent in international mail during a calendar month to one individual located on the territory of the republic, and (or) or imported into the country during a calendar month to one the recipient as goods delivered by the carrier, if the customs value of such goods in the aggregate does not exceed the equivalent of 22 euros, and the total weight in the aggregate does not exceed 10 kilograms (previously 200 euros and 31 kilograms, respectively),” the message says.

The Decree comes into force two months after its official publication.

On November 23, 2015, the Chairman of the Council of the Republic, Mikhail Myasnikovich, at a meeting of the monitoring group to consider draft decrees and laws in the upper house, said that Belarus would insist on imposing VAT on parcels from abroad, which, in his words, “collapsed trade and created problems for industry".

On November 24, the issue of taxation of purchases in foreign online stores was discussed in Moscow at a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission, however, some representatives of the EAEU member countries did not support the decision to limit duty-free online shopping. This issue will be discussed in the future, Alexei Likhachev, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia, said at the time.

On December 14, Deputy Minister of Trade of Belarus Irina Narkevich stressed that the decision to introduce a fee for purchases in foreign online stores should be balanced.

On January 26, 2016, Yuri Senko, Chairman of the State Customs Committee, stated at a press conference that customs Service does not consider it necessary to impose restrictions on the import of parcels from abroad for personal use. "The State Customs Committee sets the task not to lose control over the volume international shipments that go to Belarusian consumers. As for goods for personal use, there are no questions here. This is really a very convenient way to purchase goods without having to travel abroad. We only respond to commercial consignments of goods that are trying to be imported under the guise of personal property. We have our own risk analysis and management system, software to consider the frequency of importation by one and the same person of some goods, when it is clear that they are clearly not imported for personal use," Senko noted.

According to him, the number of parcels with goods from abroad almost doubled in 2015. "The number of imported international postal items (IGOs) is growing every year. In 2013, Belarus received 1.9 million IGOs ​​with commodity investments, in 2014 - 6.3 million, in 2015 - 11.8 million. a share of them are shipments purchased by individuals in online stores in China, Hong Kong, the United States," the head of the State Customs Committee said.

11 February. Presidential Decree No. 40 of February 11 sharply limited the duty-free import of international parcels. In addition, the rate of duty-free importation of goods for citizens crossing the border more than once a quarter has been reduced. It has been established that customs payments are not paid in respect of goods for personal use sent in international postal items during a calendar month to one individual, if the customs value of such goods in the aggregate does not exceed an amount equivalent to 22 euros, and the total weight in the aggregate does not exceed 10 kilograms (previously 200 euros and 31 kilograms respectively).

In addition, changes have been made to the procedure for moving goods for personal use through road and rail checkpoints. "The current norm - 1,500 euros and 50 kilograms of duty-free import - remains in force. But if citizens cross the border more often than once every three months, then goods in excess of 300 euros will not be recognized by the customs authorities as goods for personal use. They will be subject to customs clearance in a general manner with the payment of customs duties," said Vladimir Orlovsky, deputy chairman of the State Customs Committee. The Decree comes into force two months after its official publication.

The Minsk format of talks on Ukraine has fully justified itself, Foreign Minister Volodymyr Makei said before the start of the conference "Minsk Agreements a Year Later: Achievements, Challenges, Lessons." "If all the interested parties had fulfilled the agreements that were reached, I am convinced that the conflict would have been terminated long ago," the head of Belarusian diplomacy believes. He noted that by offering a platform for negotiations, the official Minsk did not set itself any mercantile goals and did not look for any benefits. "When there is a war, when people are killing each other, such issues are relegated to another plane," he said. "There was only a desire to stop this bloodshed. That's what we were guided by."

The main thing at work law enforcement not statistics, but the reaction of the population, Alexander Lukashenko said at an expanded meeting of the board Investigative Committee. We don't need window dressing," he said. The statistics reflect the result of the activities of law enforcement officers and can serve to analyze its effectiveness, but the main thing is the reaction of the population, the official leader stressed. Lukashenka called on the police and other law enforcement agencies to "be people's people" and demanded that they do everything necessary to improve the image of the population, proving that they wear shoulder straps to protect people.

Mass poisoning of schoolchildren with an unknown substance occurred in the school of the agricultural town of Ratichi, Grodno region. According to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, at 12.26 the ambulance paramedic on duty medical care reported to the service "101" about the mass admission with signs of poisoning of students of the secondary school of the agro-town. Medical rescuers and chemical rescuers were sent to the scene in a chemical and radiation protection vehicle, specialists from the Grodno gas service and the regional center for hygiene, epidemiology and public health were involved. It turned out that the children who studied on the second floor had a sharp deterioration in health (dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fever and blood pressure). Conducted air measurements for the content of the row chemical substances showed that there is no dangerous concentration, the radiation background is not exceeded. The Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health also conducts measurements for the presence of harmful substances, the results of which will be known later. In total, 35 students applied for medical help, all of them were taken to the Grodno Regional Children's Clinical Hospital. Four of them are in intensive care. The educational process is suspended.

Dmitry Vlasov, BelaPAN. tags.