Law-abiding businessmen to be granted cross-border transportation 

ArmInfo. Law-abiding entrepreneurs engaged in foreign economic activity will receive a  number of benefits when transporting goods across the state borders of the country.  The decision on this was made at a meeting of the RA government on May 30.

As Rustam Badasyan, Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the  Republic of Armenia, noted in his speech, the project provides for  the establishment of standards for law-abiding persons engaged in  foreign economic activity and the rules for issuing the corresponding  certificate to them. This step, Badasyan noted, will simplify the  procedures for performing customs operations for persons who meet  established standards, which will reduce the time and financial costs  of entrepreneurs, and will also create the opportunity for customs  authorities to direct customs control activities to the most risky  areas and increase the efficiency of customs control.

In order to speed up and simplify the transportation of goods across  the customs border of the Republic of Armenia, a simplified procedure  may be established for persons holding a certificate, a list of which  will be presented by the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of  Armenia. At the same time, law-abiding companies engaged in foreign  economic activity must meet a number of criteria, among which the  head of the State Revenue Committee highlighted the presence of a  person on the list of taxpayers who does not have overdue tax  obligations and criminal and administrative proceedings initiated  against him. This person will receive the right to priority when  passing through checkpoints at the borders, undergoing inspection  without queues using an automatic control system. This person will  also have the right to receive the necessary information.

Badasyan also said that the new customs regulation system introduced  a couple of years ago made it possible to reduce the inspection time  from 20-70 hours to 1-3 hours. As a result, in 2023 compared to 2022,  the growth of serviced vehicles increased by 173%. If in 2022 3,972  trucks were serviced, then in 2023 this figure increased to 16,746  trucks. With the adoption of the project, there is no need for  additional financial resources required to carry out customs  procedures. In this regard, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia  Nikol Pashinyan noted that the presented project is aimed at  increasing trust between the state and private business. Such  decisions form the standard that will determine the level of trust.