Lukashenko has limited the duty-free import of international parcels. Goods from abroad duty-free: you can’t take too much The decree does not apply
From April 14, new rules for duty-free import of goods will come into effect in Belarus. This is provided for by Decree No. 40, which was signed on February 11. For now, you can receive duty-free parcels from abroad no more than 200 euros per month and weighing up to 31 kg. These limits will soon 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 trips abroad occur less than once every three months, then you can import goods worth 1,500 euros and weighing up to 50 kg duty-free.
The innovations raised a lot of questions among our readers; we asked the head of the customs control organization department of the State Customs Committee, Sergei FEDOROV, to answer the most common of them.
What do you need to know to receive your parcel?
Why were these particular standards introduced: 22 euros, and not 100 or not 2? N. Sergacheva, Minsk.
The decree was adopted to prevent attempts by citizens to move commercial shipments under the guise of goods for personal use. We analyzed import standards in neighboring countries, countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, the CIS, Canada and China. We looked at how international postal items (IPO) go to Belarus. By the way, Belarusians mostly receive parcels (with purchases, gifts), which cost 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 IPOs, regardless of cost, are subject to VAT. By the way, in China this norm is 7 euros. Therefore, a reduction in the duty-free import rate in our country is quite natural.
How will customs authorities determine the value of what is sent from abroad and what payments will follow? P. Trubnik, Gomel.
The calculation is made based on the declared value of the MPO, which was indicated by the sender. If it does not exist or is incorrect, the inspector determines the cost using available price information for similar goods, as well as from 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 flat 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) x 30 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 not sent by mail, but through an expedited delivery service? Let's say UPS. I. Pastushenya, Dobrush.
For goods delivered by express carriers, similar duty-free import rules apply. At the same time, the customs operations themselves are somewhat different. The operator or owner of the temporary storage warehouse notifies the person about the arrived goods. The recipient then submits the 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 receipt and what if items and equipment that are not new are being sent? O. Chebuk, Brest.
The inspector is obliged to carry out a customs assessment and determine the value of the goods - this is a generally accepted procedure for the work of customs authorities throughout the world. Whether the product is new or not, the employee will determine by labels, appearance, and so on. We recommend attaching documents to determine the cost, for example, a check. This will significantly reduce the time of customs operations, and the recipient 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 do not cost more than 22 euros and do not weigh more than 10 kg? P. Tverdokhlebov, Minsk.
It is possible if this limit is not exceeded in total.
What to do with parcels that have already been ordered and which may take 3 - 6 months? And what rules will generally apply to MPOs ordered before the adoption of the decree, but arriving in Belarus after it entered into force? R. Cherenko, Lida.
The decree clearly states in this regard: import standards apply from the date of registration of the parcel in the temporary storage warehouse. If the shipment arrived and was registered at the warehouse before April 14, then the previous provisions apply.
“Innovations will reduce violations of tax and business legislation, we are told. However, what does all the people have to do with it? - asks Yulia from Stolin. - Now it will be more profitable to buy in Belarusian online stores, but it is much more expensive. What exactly have I done wrong when I want to buy a handbag on AliExpress for 40 euros, and why can’t I order a phone case that we sell for three times as much? In addition, there are things that are simply not produced in Belarus.”
The decree is primarily aimed at eliminating the import of commercial consignments. Of course, this step is to protect, among other things, the economic interests of the country; with duty-free import we are stimulating foreign producers. 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 intended for sale. As for a 40 euro handbag specifically, in the end it will cost you somewhere around 50.4 euros. For low-value goods, such as a phone case, duty-free shipping is still possible.
Will the innovations affect postal items from Russia? S. Malets, Grodno
No, they won't touch it.
By the way
A customs study last year found that more than 70 percent of parcels were purchased online.
THE DECREE DOES NOT APPLY
For goods imported into Belarus by air, by 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 those goods that were exported from the country and are being imported back.
Import of goods in questions and answers
What should you do in order not to break the law if a person crosses the border more than once every three months and carries with him goods worth more 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 is in doubt about what to do, it is better to declare everything. The customs declaration can be filled out both before the trip in electronic form (on the State Customs Committee website) and already at customs. If you are leaving with a camera or laptop - it’s better to declare it when leaving. Then, upon returning in a controversial situation, you will not have to prove that all this was not purchased, but is simply returning home. Especially if you plan 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 upon departure) were forced to prove that what was imported back was not a foreign purchase.
Upon return, 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 cost. If this is not your first trip in three months, and the value of the imported goods is more than 300 euros (or the weight is over 20 kg), then a duty, VAT (20 percent) and a fee for customs clearance will be charged on the excess goods.
If citizens want to import duty-free goods for personal use, for example, household appliances worth more than 300 euros, this can be done 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 brings a computer for 250 euros, a vacuum cleaner for 100. Or a washing machine for 250 euros and weighing 32 kg. How much will you have to pay at customs?
Consider the option: a computer and a vacuum cleaner. Since the total value is above 300 euros, one product of a person’s choice must be declared with customs duties. In this case, it is not the passenger customs declaration that is submitted, but the declaration for goods. When declaring a computer, the amount of customs duties will be 100 euros: this is a customs duty 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 no more than 1,500 W, a volume of no 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. For a washing machine worth 250 euros and weighing 32 kg, you need to pay customs duties in the amount of 130 euros: customs duty - 50 euros, duty (10 percent rate) - 25 euros, VAT - 55 euros.
- Are goods purchased in duty-free shops included in the 20 kg norm and price limit?
Comes in. This product is no different from any other. Again, if you travel 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.
- When importing, is a receipt sufficient to confirm the value of the goods?
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 payment receipt, an inventory of property.
Suppose: a person returns from abroad lightly, without luggage. Does this trip count and will it reduce the limit 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 small quantities. Let's say I'm a driver for a freight company and went on a business trip abroad. In two months, when I go on vacation, I must take into account that goods for personal use will include purchases worth no more than 300 euros and no heavier than 20 kg. Unless, of course, I use air transport, to which the norms of Decree 40 do not apply.
- As for a person who moves to Belarus?
Right. Since he is traveling for permanent residence, his luggage follows the usual import rules, that is, without new restrictions. Of course, when a person presents a passenger declaration, he must have with him confirmation that he is moving to a permanent place of residence. Although each case is considered and monitored 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, a coat, perfume, a phone or a laptop that a traveler takes with him on a trip abroad? How to prove that it all just comes home?
The decree does not apply to used items that are imported back, costing up to 1,500 euros and weighing up to 50 kg.
Have all issues related to Decree 40 been resolved with all parties? Will there be any other innovations?
All issues have been resolved. All that remains is to explain to citizens the provisions of the new regulatory act. By the way, the mechanism established by the decree has been used by customs authorities in some cases before.
Why not make it better to identify illegal sellers? Do you really think that those who bought for sale will stop doing so? They will transport the goods through Russia.
I believe that the tax and other regulatory services are working and fulfilling their functions. As for Russia, we are already discussing with our colleagues from the EEC the possibility of reducing the norms for duty-free import of goods for personal use throughout the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.
DIGIT "SB"
Four years ago, about 3 thousand parcels per day arrived in Belarus, now this figure can reach up to 50 thousand.
Lyudmila Gladkaya, “Soviet Belarus” No. 44 (24926) dated March 10, 2016
14.04.2016Changes are regulated by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated February 11, 2016 No. 40, which amended the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus 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.”
Who will have to pay the fee?
A citizen who, within one month, has received a parcel or several, the total value of which exceeds 22 euros and/or total weight exceeds 10 kg. These limits do not apply to ethyl alcohol, alcoholic beverages, and beer - sending them by mail, as before, is prohibited.
Those who travel abroad more than once every three months and, upon returning to Belarus, import goods whose total cost exceeds 300 euros and/or whose total weight exceeds 20 kg will also have to pay. According to statistics from Belstat and the State Customs Committee, in 2015, only 30% of citizens entering Belarus declared goods worth over 300 euros, which means that the majority, even after the entry into force Decree No. 40 You most likely won't have to pay anything.
The quantity of goods imported or received by mail from abroad does not play any role; customs pays attention to the total value and total weight. If we are talking about a parcel, delivery charges are not included in the customs cost.
How is the cost of a product and the date of its receipt determined when sent by mail?
The customs value is calculated based on the amount indicated by the sender on the envelope. If it is not indicated or its reliability is in doubt, then, as explained by the press service of the State Customs Committee, the cost estimate is given directly at customs. For example, they use catalogs that contain similar products with prices.
The date of receipt of the parcel is not the day when you decided to pick up the parcel at the post office, but the day when the parcel was in temporary storage at customs.
Be careful: if you ordered a parcel before April 14, 2016, but it arrived at the Belarusian customs after this date, that is, from the date of Decree No. 40, and it costs more than 22 euros or weighs more than 10 kg, you will have to pay a duty. Decree No. 40 comes into force only two months after the official publication - so that citizens who previously ordered parcels more than 22 euros or heavier than 10 kg have time to receive them before the new limits come into effect and do not pay a fee.
What exceptions to the payment of duties are provided for the import of goods?
If you are traveling by plane, you do not need to pay duty on purchased goods, even if they do not fit within the limit - it is believed that the risk of importing goods in this case is minimal.
Used goods previously exported from the country are not subject to duty: if you take a phone, camera, laptop and other things with you when traveling abroad, you will not be required to pay duty when returning home.
Also, those who move to Belarus for permanent residence and refugees do not pay the duty upon presentation of the relevant documents when entering goods in accompanied luggage. If there are no such documents, the goods can be stored at the place of residence and the documents can be provided later, within 60 days from the date of registration of the documents.
Do I need to pay duty on goods if they are not purchased but received as a gift?
The norms of Decree No. 40 apply to all goods imported into Belarus for personal use; accordingly, gifts received by mail or imported from abroad will also have to pay a duty if the price and weight limits are exceeded:
“Otherwise, everyone will say that this or that product was not a purchase, but was received as a gift,” explained the press service of the State Customs Committee.
How is the duty calculated and paid?
For exceeding the limits you will have to pay 30% of the cost of the goods, but not less than 4 euros for each kilogram. The duty is calculated not on the entire cost of the goods, but on the portion that exceeds the limit. For example, when receiving a parcel worth 50 euros, a 30% duty will be calculated on the excess of 28 euros (50 euros cost of the goods minus 22 euros limit).
When importing goods, duty is paid at the border. If they are received by international mail, an invoice for payment of the duty will be issued directly at the post office upon receipt of the parcel.
Why have the limits on goods from abroad been reduced so significantly?
– The reason for taking measures to reduce the limits was a significant increase in the volume of import of goods on a commercial scale to individuals without paying customs duties. The decree was adopted in order to create a barrier to the movement of commercial consignments of goods by individuals, the press service of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus reported.
According to statistics from the State Customs Committee, over the past three years the number of parcels from abroad has increased sixfold. In 2013, Belarusians received 1.9 million foreign parcels, in 2014 – about 6.3 million, in 2015 – already 11.8 million. At the same time, only 10% of Belarusians receive parcels from abroad.
Number of impressions: 1904
Minsk, February 11. Presidential Decree No. 40 of February 11 sharply limited duty-free import of international parcels.
The document, information about which is posted on the National Legal Internet Portal, amends Decree No. 360 of July 21, 2014 “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 duties are not paid in respect of goods for personal use sent in international mail during a calendar month to the address of one individual located in the territory of the republic, and (or) or imported into the territory of the country during a calendar month to the address of one recipient as goods delivered by the carrier, 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),” the message says.
The decree comes into force two months after its official publication.
On November 23, 2015, 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, according to him, “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, but some representatives of the EAEU member countries did not support the decision to limit duty-free online trade. This issue will be discussed in the future, said then First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexey Likhachev.
On December 14, Deputy Minister of Trade of Belarus Irina Narkevich emphasized that the decision to introduce a tax on purchases in foreign online stores should be balanced.
On January 26, 2016, Chairman of the State Customs Committee Yuri Senko said at a press conference that the customs service does not consider it necessary to introduce restrictions on the import of parcels from abroad for personal use. “The State Customs Committee sets the task of not losing control over the volume of international shipments that go to Belarusian consumers. As for goods for personal use, there are no questions here. This is indeed a very convenient way to purchase goods without the need to travel abroad. We react only for 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 for considering the frequency of import by the same person of certain goods, when it is clear that they are clearly not being imported for personal use" , - noted Senko.
According to him, the number of parcels with goods from abroad almost doubled in 2015. “The number of imported international postal items (IPO) is growing every year. In 2013, 1.9 million IPO with commodity investments arrived in Belarus, in 2014 - 6.3 million, in 2015 - 11.8 million. Main a portion of them are items purchased by individuals in online stores in China, Hong Kong, and the USA,” said the head of the State Customs Committee.
DECREE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
On the movement of goods for personal use
Changes and additions:
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of February 11, 2016 No. 40 (National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus, 02/13/2016, 1/16266)
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of January 8, 2018 No. 7 (National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus, 01/10/2018, 1/17456)
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of December 22, 2018 No. 490 (National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus, December 28, 2018, 1/18084)
In order to improve the legal regulation of customs relations related to the movement by individuals across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus of goods for personal use:
1. Establish that:
1.1. customs duties, taxes in relation to goods for personal use 1 imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in international mail addressed to one recipient - an individual permanently or temporarily residing or temporarily staying in the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter referred to as the recipient), or goods for personal use 2 delivered by the carrier to the address of one recipient are not paid in cases where:
the total value of goods sent during a calendar month in international mail to one recipient does not exceed the equivalent of 200 euros, and the total weight does not exceed 31 kilograms (hereinafter referred to as the monthly shipping rate), while the cost of goods sent to one international postal item, does not exceed the amount equivalent to 22 euros, and the weight does not exceed 10 kilograms (hereinafter referred to as the one-time postage rate);
the total value of goods delivered by the carrier during a calendar month to one recipient does not collectively exceed the equivalent of 200 euros, and the total weight does not exceed 31 kilograms (hereinafter referred to as the monthly delivery rate), while the cost of goods in one shipment delivered by the carrier , does not exceed the equivalent of 22 euros, and the weight does not exceed 10 kilograms (hereinafter referred to as the one-time delivery rate).
In the case of importing goods sent by international mail or importing goods in a shipment delivered by a carrier:
in excess of the one-time shipment rate without exceeding the monthly shipment rate or in excess of the one-time delivery rate without exceeding the monthly delivery rate, customs duties and taxes are paid (collected) in relation to such goods in terms of exceeding the one-time shipment rate or one-time delivery rate, respectively, in the manner determined by the customs regulations legal relations with international treaties and acts constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;
in excess of the monthly shipment rate without exceeding the one-time shipment rate or in excess of the monthly delivery rate without exceeding the one-time delivery rate, customs duties and taxes are paid (collected) in relation to such goods in relation to the excess of the monthly shipment rate or the monthly delivery rate, respectively, in the manner determined by the regulating customs legal relations with international treaties and acts constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;
with the simultaneous excess of one-time and monthly shipping norms or one-time and monthly delivery norms, customs duties and taxes are paid (collected) in the amount of the greater of the amounts calculated in relation to such goods, in terms of exceeding the one-time and monthly shipping norms or one-time and monthly delivery norms, respectively, in in the manner determined by the international treaties and acts regulating customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union.
For the purposes of monitoring compliance with the norms for the import of goods for personal use without paying customs duties, the date of import of goods is:
in relation to goods sent by international mail - the date of registration of documents submitted in accordance with international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations, constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, for placing such goods in temporary storage;
in relation to goods delivered by the carrier, the date of registration of the passenger customs declaration submitted in respect of such goods.
If in relation to goods for personal use sent in international mail, it is necessary to convert foreign currency, such conversion is made at the official exchange rate established by the National Bank on the date of import of these goods, determined in accordance with part three of this subclause.
The effect of parts one and two of this subclause does not apply to medical goods and specialized food products of dietary therapeutic nutrition, the list of which is approved by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in international mail and (or) delivered by a carrier to address of individuals included in the list formed by the Ministry of Health, suffering from certain incurable diseases, the list of which is determined by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.
The procedure for the submission by the Ministry of Health to the customs authorities of information about individuals specified in part five of this subparagraph is determined by the Ministry of Health in agreement with the State Customs Committee;
1 With the exception of indivisible goods for personal use.
2 With the exception of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic beverages, beer and indivisible goods for personal use.
1.2. recipients of goods can act as declarants of goods for personal use sent in international mail, using a passenger customs declaration in the form established by the acts constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, in the following cases:
importation into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus of goods for personal use with exemption from customs duties, taxes and (or) in respect of which prohibitions and restrictions apply, if the shipment of such goods in international mail is not prohibited;
importation into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus of goods for personal use specified in part five of subclause 1.1 of this clause;
identification by the designated postal operator or customs authority of the absence of documents provided for by the acts of the Universal Postal Union accompanying international postal items and used as a passenger customs declaration, or the absence in such documents of information about the goods necessary for their release;
intentions to prove the reliability of information about the value of goods contained in documents provided for by the acts of the Universal Postal Union accompanying international mail and used as a passenger customs declaration, if the value of such goods has been determined by the customs authority;
refusal to release goods for personal use sent in international mail, specified in paragraph 17 of Article 286 of the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union;
1.3. registration of a passenger customs declaration is not carried out in relation to goods for personal use sent in international mail, in respect of which the documents provided for by the acts of the Universal Postal Union and accompanying such international mail are used as a passenger customs declaration;
1.4. documents that are subject, in accordance with international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, to be submitted by an individual when performing customs operations in relation to goods for personal use, include the documents specified in Appendix 1;
1.5. there is no requirement to provide security for the fulfillment of the obligation to pay customs duties and taxes in relation to vehicles for personal use, registered on the territory of foreign states, temporarily imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus:
diplomatic workers and administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions and consular offices of the Republic of Belarus and members of their families living with them;
employees of representative offices of state organizations subordinate to the Government of the Republic of Belarus and located outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union;
1.6. The obligation to pay customs duties for performing customs operations in relation to goods for personal use arises:
from the declarant of goods for personal use, with the exception of goods for personal use sent by international mail;
at the recipient of goods for personal use sent by international mail.
The obligation to pay customs duties for customs operations arises, terminates and is subject to execution upon the occurrence of circumstances and within the time limits established by the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union for customs duties and taxes levied on goods for personal use, taking into account part three of this subparagraph.
The obligation to pay customs duties for carrying out customs operations in relation to goods for personal use is terminated if the amount of such customs duties not paid within the prescribed period does not exceed an amount equivalent to one euro at the official exchange rate of the Belarusian ruble to the euro established by the National Bank on the day the rate is applied euro for calculating customs duties and taxes in accordance with the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union;
1.7. When imported into the Republic of Belarus and exported from the Republic of Belarus through simplified checkpoints across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus, the following categories of goods are classified as goods for personal use on the basis of an oral statement from an individual:
goods for personal use, imported and exported in the accompanied luggage of individuals, the list and quantity of which, taking into account the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, are established by the State Customs Committee in agreement with the State Border Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food ;
passenger cars (except for cars specifically designed for medical purposes) and other motor vehicles intended primarily for the transport of people, classified in heading 8703 of the unified Commodity Nomenclature for Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union 3 (hereinafter referred to as cars), registered in the territory of the Republic Belarus, moved across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus by the following individuals - owners, in cases established by law;
cars registered in the territory of a foreign state, the temporary import of which into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union is allowed without providing security for the fulfillment of the obligation to pay customs duties and taxes, moved across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus by individuals following them - owners, in cases established by law, in the presence of customs documents confirming the release of such vehicles for the purpose of temporary import;
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3 With the exception of motor vehicles not intended for driving on public roads.
1.8. goods not specified in subclause 1.7 of this clause, or in quantities exceeding the norms established in accordance with paragraph two of subclause 1.7 of this clause, as well as goods specified in paragraph two of subclause 1.7 of this clause, imported by individuals into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union and exported from this territory more than once a calendar day through simplified checkpoints across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus are not subject to the following:
import into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union and must be immediately exported from this territory, unless otherwise established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, and (or) legislation and there is no element in the actions of the person who carried out such import crime or administrative offense;
export from the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union by persons moving them, unless otherwise established by international treaties and acts that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union and (or) legislation governing customs legal relations.
The goods specified in part one of this subparagraph may be transported across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in the manner established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, through checkpoints across the State border of the Republic of Belarus, in which customs control is carried out and other types of control are carried out at the State Border of the Republic of Belarus;
1.9. Border service authorities ensure the passage through simplified checkpoints across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus only of goods specified in subclause 1.7 of this clause, within the limits of the norms established in accordance with paragraph two of subclause 1.7 of this clause, taking into account the provisions provided for in subclause 1.8 of this clause.
Border service authorities provide information about individuals and vehicles to customs authorities in accordance with joint regulatory legal acts or agreements regulating the procedure for exchanging this information;
1.10. the procedure for registration by customs authorities of cars specified in paragraph four of subclause 1.7 of this clause is determined by the State Customs Committee;
1.11. officials of border service bodies, employees of internal affairs bodies, in the event of detection of goods moved across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in violation of international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, and (or) legislation, inform about this Customs.
The procedure for registration and transfer of specified goods to customs authorities is determined by a joint regulatory legal act of the State Customs Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Border Committee;
1.12. Aviation security services of international airports in the Republic of Belarus inform the customs authorities located at these airports, in the manner determined in the scheme for passing individuals, vehicles and goods across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus, about the identification of individuals departing from the customs territory of the Eurasian economic union, goods:
not related to goods for personal use;
in respect of which prohibitions and restrictions are applied, established by international treaties and acts regulating customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;
1.13. when moving goods for personal use to individuals, delivered by carriers that are included in the register of customs representatives, such customs representatives, when performing customs operations in relation to these goods on behalf of the individual indicated in the accompanying documents as the recipient, have the right not to submit to the customs authority agreement with this individual confirming the authority to carry out such customs operations;
1.14. customs duties and taxes on goods for personal use 4 imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in accompanied and unaccompanied luggage by an individual entering the territory of the Republic of Belarus more than once every three calendar months 5 are not paid if the cost such goods do not exceed the equivalent of 300 euros and the total weight does not exceed 20 kilograms.
Part one of this subclause does not apply to cases of entry of an individual into the territory of the Republic of Belarus:
by air transport;
from a neighboring state, entry into whose territory an individual was denied, subject to confirmation of the absence of goods not specified in part three of this subparagraph, and confirmation of the refusal to enter the territory of a neighboring state by submitting to the customs authority the documents specified in paragraphs 6 and 7 of the appendix 1.
Cost and weight norms, within the limits of which goods for personal use are imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus without paying customs duties and taxes, established in part one of this subparagraph, do not apply to:
goods for personal use specified in Appendix 2;
goods for personal use specified in paragraphs one and three of paragraph 5 of Article 266 of the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union;
used goods for personal use, imported by foreign individuals for the period of their stay in the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union without paying customs duties and taxes specified in paragraph one of paragraph 6 of Article 266 of the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union;
vehicles for personal use;
goods for personal use, imported with exemption from customs duties and taxes in accordance with international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;
awards in the form of orders, medals, cups, sports equipment, photo and video equipment, other goods used in professional activities not related to business activities, coffins with bodies (remains) and urns with ashes (ashes) of the deceased, cash and (or) monetary instruments imported without paying customs duties and taxes in compliance with the conditions established by international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;
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4 With the exception of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic beverages, beer.
5 For the purposes of applying this subclause, the calculation of three calendar months begins from 00 hours 00 minutes of the first day of the month in which the previous entry of an individual into the territory of the Republic of Belarus was made, with the exception of entry in the cases specified in part two of subclause 1.14.
1.15. in relation to goods that are not subject to cost, weight and (or) quantitative norms, within which goods for personal use are imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus without paying customs duties and taxes established in subparagraphs 1.1 and 1.14 of this paragraph , the cost, weight and (or) quantitative norms established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union are applied;
1.16. motor vehicles and motor vehicles for personal use, as well as trailers for motor vehicles and motor vehicles for personal use, imported with exemption from customs duties and taxes by an individual recognized as having moved to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus, must be owned and registered in the name of such a person in the country of previous residence for at least two years before the date of issue of a document confirming the recognition of such a person as having moved to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus;
1.17. when moving across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus, goods in respect of which export control measures are applied in accordance with the law do not apply to goods for personal use;
1.18. for the purposes of this Decree:
persons with permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus are understood to be citizens of the Republic of Belarus who have a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus (with the exception of a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus for permanent residence outside the Republic of Belarus), a national identity card of a seaman of the Republic of Belarus or another document specified in subparagraph 1.1 of paragraph 1 of Appendix 1, as well as foreign citizens and stateless persons who, in accordance with the legislation, have been granted refugee status in the Republic of Belarus, permanently or temporarily residing in the Republic of Belarus;
persons who have moved to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus are understood as persons recognized in accordance with the law as having arrived in the Republic of Belarus for permanent residence, or citizens of the Republic of Belarus who previously permanently resided outside the Republic of Belarus and moved for permanent residence to the Republic of Belarus;
other terms and definitions are used in the meanings established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;
1.19. The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus determines the areas of activity of work, upon receipt of permission for which in the Republic of Belarus, a foreign individual can import into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in accompanied and (or) unaccompanied baggage for the period of stay in such territory with exemption from paying customs duties. duties, taxes, used goods for personal use;
1.20. The State Customs Committee determines:
the procedure for registering or refusing to register a passenger customs declaration;
the procedure for performing customs operations in relation to goods for personal use moved across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union, goods for personal use temporarily imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, the release of such goods and reflection of the fact of their recognition as not under customs control in cases provided for acts regulating customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, or in the part not regulated by these acts;
peculiarities of customs operations in relation to goods for personal use sent in international mail, to the extent not regulated by the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union.
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documents to be submitted by an individual when performing customs operations in relation to goods for personal use
1. Documents identifying (confirming) the identity, including of a minor, as well as documents for leaving the Republic of Belarus or entering the Republic of Belarus:
1.1. passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, diplomatic passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, service passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, certificate of return to the Republic of Belarus - for citizens of the Republic of Belarus;
1.2. residence permit in the Republic of Belarus, travel document of the Republic of Belarus - for foreign citizens and stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus;
1.3. refugee certificate - for foreign citizens and stateless persons who have been granted refugee status in the Republic of Belarus;
1.4. certificate of provision of additional protection in the Republic of Belarus - for foreign citizens and stateless persons who have been granted additional protection in the Republic of Belarus;
1.5. certificate of registration of an application for refugee status, additional protection or asylum in the Republic of Belarus - for foreign citizens and stateless persons applying for refugee status, additional protection or asylum in the Republic of Belarus;
1.6. national identity card of a seafarer of the Republic of Belarus - for citizens of the Republic of Belarus, as well as for foreign citizens and stateless persons hired to work on ships registered in the Republic of Belarus;
1.7. document for traveling abroad - for other foreign citizens and stateless persons.
2. Documents confirming the value of the declared goods for personal use - contract, specification, invoice, proforma invoice, sales receipt, payment receipt, inventory of property and others.
3. Documents containing information allowing to identify a vehicle for personal use or a part of such a vehicle for personal use, as well as documents confirming the right of ownership, use and (or) disposal of a vehicle for personal use:
3.1. registration certificate (technical passport, technical coupon) of a vehicle, trailer or a document replacing it, in the absence of their originals - duplicates or copies of such documents containing information about this vehicle, trailer, issued by the competent authority in the country of the last registration of the vehicle, trailer;
3.2. acceptance certificate of the manufacturer of the vehicle, trailer or other document issued by the manufacturer and confirming the fact of production of the vehicle, trailer;
3.3. invoice, purchase and sale agreement, gift agreement and other documents certifying the completion of a transaction involving the transfer of ownership of a vehicle;
3.4. decision of the competent authority on recognition of ownership of the vehicle;
3.5. a certificate of the right to inheritance issued by a notary or other competent authority of the country in which the inheritance was opened, in the presence of legalization, unless otherwise provided by international treaties of the Republic of Belarus.
4. Documents confirming compliance with import conditions with exemption from customs duties and taxes:
4.1. documents confirming the recognition of an individual as having moved to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus:
for foreign citizens and stateless persons - a residence permit in the Republic of Belarus;
for citizens of the Republic of Belarus who previously permanently resided outside the Republic of Belarus and moved for permanent residence to the Republic of Belarus - a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus with a mark of registration at the place of residence in the Republic of Belarus;
4.2. refugee certificate;
4.3. documents confirming the intention to move to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus:
for citizens of the Republic of Belarus who previously permanently resided outside the Republic of Belarus and are moving for permanent residence to the Republic of Belarus - a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus for permanent residence outside the Republic of Belarus with a note on the removal from consular registration of citizens permanently residing outside the Republic of Belarus;
for foreign citizens and stateless persons:
a document for traveling abroad with a visa of the Republic of Belarus for permanent residence (at the Zhykharstvo station);
certificate (notification) of the diplomatic mission or consular office of the Republic of Belarus in the state of previous residence on the issuance of a permit for permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus;
a specially issued passport for departure for permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus;
a sheet of deregistration or a sheet of departure to the Republic of Belarus;
a certificate from the citizenship and migration unit of the internal affairs body on the acceptance of documents for issuing a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Belarus to a foreign citizen or stateless person;
4.4. documents confirming the receipt by a person with permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus of an inheritance outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union and containing a list of goods received as an inheritance, issued by notaries or other competent authorities of the country in which the inheritance was opened;
4.5. documents confirming the status of heads of diplomatic missions, members of the diplomatic and administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions, heads of consular posts and other consular officials, consular officers of consular posts, members of staff (employees, officials) of state missions to international organizations, international organizations or their representative offices that, in accordance with the statutory documents of these organizations or the relevant international treaties of the Republic of Belarus, enjoy privileges and immunities, and members of their families, as well as documents confirming the period of granting privileges to such persons in the host state - a diplomatic or consular card with a record of the availability of immunities and privileges in the Republic of Belarus, accreditation or service card, diplomatic, service or official passport indicating the position held;
4.6. documents confirming the fact and duration of work (service) of a person with permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus, outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, documents certifying the status of the head of the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Belarus, a member of the diplomatic and administrative and technical staff of the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Belarus, the head of the consular post of the Republic of Belarus, another consular official, a consular officer of the consular post of the Republic of Belarus, an employee of the mission of the Republic of Belarus to an international organization (hereinafter referred to as employees of foreign agencies, foreign agency), as well as members of his family living with the employee of the foreign office, documents confirming, that during the current calendar year, goods for personal use were not imported by an employee of a foreign institution, members of his family living with an employee of a foreign institution, into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus with exemption from customs duties, taxes, documents confirming the termination of work of an employee of a foreign institution in a foreign institution , including transfer to work in another state or early recall:
for an employee of a foreign institution, members of his family living together with an employee of a foreign institution - a diplomatic or service passport, a certificate signed by an authorized person of the foreign institution, certified by the seal of this foreign institution with the image of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus;
for employees of other state bodies - a certificate from a state body signed by the head (his deputy), certified by the appropriate seal with the image of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus;
4.7. documents confirming the fact of temporary stay of an individual permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus in a foreign state - a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus with a note on temporary consular registration;
4.8. documents confirming the export of goods from the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union:
passenger customs declaration, drawn up in the manner established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;
documents evidencing the fact of production or acquisition of goods on the territory of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union - product passport, warranty card, check and other documents and information determined by the State Customs Committee;
4.9. conclusion of the Ministry of Culture on classifying goods as cultural property.
5. Documents confirming the release of vehicles for personal use for the purpose of temporary import:
5.1. passenger customs declaration, drawn up in the manner established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;
5.2. a vehicle import certificate issued in the manner established by the State Customs Committee.
6. A document confirming the absence of goods not specified in part three of subparagraph 1.14 of paragraph 1 of this Decree - a passenger customs declaration submitted by an individual upon entry into the territory of the Republic of Belarus from a neighboring state, entry into whose territory the individual was denied, with a mark “After return”, indicated in the “For official use” column.
7. Documents confirming refusal of entry into the territory of a neighboring state:
a document certifying (confirming) the identity, including of a minor, or a document for leaving the Republic of Belarus or entering the Republic of Belarus with a mark confirming the presence of a refusal to enter the territory of a neighboring state;
a document issued by an authorized government agency of a neighboring state confirming the refusal to enter the territory of a neighboring state.
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goods for personal use, used and necessary along the route and destination
1. Personal hygiene items.
2. Clothes, shoes, other wardrobe items.
3. Jewelry.
4. Wristwatch.
5. Portable sound recording, video recording, playback equipment, photographic equipment, accessories, video recording media, audio recording media.
6. Portable radios, flash players.
7. Mobile phones, smartphones, similar communication devices.
8. Portable personal computers, tablets, GPS navigators, game consoles, accessories for them.
9. Children's seats attached to car seats, baby strollers, children's toys.
10. Equipment and supplies for sports, tourism, hunting and fishing.
11. Portable musical instruments.
12. Strollers for disabled people.
13. Shovel, rake, basket, bucket, other similar equipment and hand tools for household use.
14. Books, magazines, other printed publications.
15. Stationery.
16. Portable dialyzers, other medical devices and consumable materials, medicines, food products necessary for an individual for medical reasons.
17. Canes, umbrellas, bags, handbags, suitcases, and other similar items.
11:36 / 14.04.2016
On April 14, 2016, Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated February 11, 2016 No. 40 entered into force, which amends and supplements the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 360 dated July 21, 2014 “On the movement of goods for personal use across the customs border of the Customs Union in the Republic of Belarus”. use."The provisions of the normative act determine the specifics of the movement by individuals of goods for personal use, including those sent by international mail and delivered by carriers. New standards have been adopted to prevent citizens from moving commercial consignments of goods.
Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlovsky told reporters about what has changed in connection with the issuance of the decree.
Parcels from abroad
– According to the innovations in Belarus, during a calendar month, without paying duties and taxes, it will be possible to receive postal items worth up to 22 euros and weighing up to 10 kilograms. For goods that exceed the specified standards, customs duties and taxes will be charged at the previously existing rate of 30% of the cost, but not less than 4 euros per kilogram. It will also be necessary to pay a customs fee of 5 euros,” noted Vladimir Nikolaevich.
For example, when receiving 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 duty).
For reference: for the period from 2013-2015. the volume of imported international postal items increased more than 6 times: in 2013, 1.9 million postal items were imported, in 2014 – 6.3 million, in 2015 – 11.8 million. Moreover, about 90% of residents of Belarus do not receive international mail. More than 250 thousand citizens receive from 10 to 100 international
parcels per year. On average, one recipient receives about 10 international mail items, and about 15 to one address.
Goods for personal use... How much do we carry?
– The decree clarifies the approaches to determining the purpose of goods. Goods transported across the border more than once every three calendar months for an amount exceeding 300 euros and (or) weighing more than 20 kilograms will not be classified as goods for personal use. At the same time, the norms for duty-free import of goods for personal use of 1,500 euros and 50 kilograms continue to apply, said Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlovsky, Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus
He also explained that the provisions of Decree No. 40 do not apply to goods imported by air, exported earlier and imported by individuals back, imported by employees of diplomatic missions and employees of consular offices and other international organizations, goods received as an inheritance, as well as imported by relocation to permanent residence in Belarus. In addition, the rules do not apply to used goods that were previously exported outside the customs territory and imported back unchanged 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 items
If a citizen exports from Belarus a used product worth more than 1.5 thousand euros or weighing more than 50 kg, which he subsequently plans to import back, then it must be declared upon departure.
“Advice to citizens: if something expensive is being exported, it is better to declare it,” suggested Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlovsky. – Upon return entry, no matter how much your equipment costs, if you have a declaration, we will let such goods through without paying customs duties. If we talk about the import of undeclared expensive equipment, then customs officers will have questions.
Frequency of movement of goods across borders
– When developing approaches to the practical application of the norms of Decree No. 40, the interests of citizens were taken into account as much as possible. In particular, it has been determined that the date from which the frequency of movement of goods will be taken into account is April 14, that is, the day the decree comes into force, and not an earlier date, as some citizens feared, noted the Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlovsky. – If an individual imports goods, for example, on April 25, the cost and weight characteristics of classifying goods as goods for personal use (300 euros and 20 kg) will be applied for their subsequent import until July 1, 2016. And if goods are imported, for example, on May 8, then the corresponding limits will be applied for their subsequent import until August 1.
He also noted that the population had enough time to adapt to innovations. Therefore, the situation at the border is calm.
Call centers
In connection with the entry into force of Decree No. 40, call centers are operating at the State Customs Committee and customs offices, by calling which you can get answers to questions about the application of the decree, explained Vladimir Nikolaevich.
The State Customs Committee call center will accept calls 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 call 218-90-00 for advice 24 hours a day. Contact phone numbers of customs call centers are posted on their official websites.
Prepared by Elena YAROSHEVICH.