The PMR State Customs Committee collegium according to the results of 2024

The losses of economic agents of Pridnestrovie amounted to almost 13.2 million dollars due to import customs duties of Moldova. The numbers were presented to the PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky by the PMR State Customs Committee chairman Valentin Grabko during the reporting collegium of the department following work in 2024, according to the presidential press-service.

The situation was aggravated by the banking blockade, due to which, duty-free trade with the EU became impossible among other things. Another acute problem is the blocking of the export of products unreasonably classified as "dual-use", which led to the disruption of contracts and the loss of sales markets.

Foreign trade turnover fell by 21%. Imports fell by 27%. Total trade turnover with the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, primarily with Russia, decreased by 45%. Exports to the Russian Federation decreased by 53% and amounted to only 3% of the total. 

Customs payments to the budget amounted to almost 925 million rubles. This is 5% more than a year earlier. The growth was observed only in excise duties (+23%). Export and import duty revenues are in the negative, compared to 2023, by 1% and 3%, respectively. At the same time, the state continued to provide benefits to economic entities and citizens: the total amount of preferences in collecting customs duties amounted to 11 million dollars (this is 6% more than in 2023). 

Speaking about the implementation of the Electronic Customs project, Valentin Grabko reported that since March 1, 2024, all goods transported by legal entities have been declared electronically. 300-400 electronic customs declarations are processed per day. 126 thousand over the year (30% more than the year before). The possibility of automatic registration and automatic release (without the participation of an inspector) significantly reduces the processing time. The declaration takes no more than two minutes. The average time for export processing is 8 minutes, 1 hour for import. 

Individual entrepreneurs moved goods worth more than 19 million dollars and filed more than 18 thousand declarations during the year. The measures are being taken on a systematic basis to improve the customs infrastructure. 

The head of the department told that 1649 administrative violations were identified (56% more than in 2023). The anti-smuggling units seized 32859 packs of tobacco products, 279 disposable electronic cigarettes, 3410 ml of liquid for electronic cigarettes, 238 cartridges for electronic cigarettes, 70.7 kg of sturgeon caviar. More than four million rubles were collected from violators in the form of fines, another 777 thousand are customs duties. Nine cases of smuggling and illegal storage of narcotics were revealed. About 4 kg of drugs, almost 400 grams of potent substances, about two hundred electronic cigarettes were seized.

Valentin Grabko told about work to provide staff for customs authorities and improve the professionalism of State Customs Committee employees.

The President of the PMR Vadim Krasnoselsky recommended intensifying activities aimed at improving customs legislation. 

The PMR President told about destructive actions of Moldova, which negatively affect the economic situation of Pridnestrovie, emphasizing that the ongoing blockade and refusal to negotiate are counterproductive and directed against the citizens of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

The President recognized the work in 2024 of the State Customs Committee of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic as satisfactory, emphasizing during the discussion the necessity of paying attention to the problematic aspects identified.