Improving Customs Transit Systems
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The form of the Certificate of Security and the procedure for its issuing and management are
determined by an international treaty of the EAEU Member States.
The guarantee amount of customs duties in KCS is calculated on 100 % of the highest tariff – the
maximum tariff rate. There is a no electronic guarantee management system for CTR integrated
neither into the Unified Automated Information System (UAIS) nor in the common Eurasian
Economic Union (EAEU) IT Transit System. The short term planned upgrade of the UAIS and the
EAEU IT Transit System is to integrate a common guarantee management system.
The discharge of guarantee amount is manual; the guarantor must fulfill a request for release of
guarantee to the payment department KCS. After the request is approved, the guarantee is
released within a maximum of two days.
4.1.8.1 Use of Customs convoys and Customs escorts as transit guarantee
According to the current implementing regulations, if the consignment is not secured in transit
with the guarantee, another instrument to secure the payment of customs duties is customs
escort. The transporters are paying the customs escort fees - 10 som per kilometer (0.14 USD
dollars). Taking into account the distances between BCPs in the Kyrgyz Republic, maximum
customs escort fee is s 90 USD dollars.
There is an Agreement between KCS and Customs Service of Kazakhstan to take over the
customs escort in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan
4.1.8.2 Customs seals and electronic Customs seals
KCS is using the metal (lead) seals. The EAEU has two pilot projects for implementation of active
RFID seals within EAEU. The two projects are between Kazakhstan and Russia and with Belarus
and Poland. Depending on the results from the two pilot projects, it is expected the active RFID
seals to be used for monitoring of the transit and to be integrated into the EAEU common transit
IT System.
4.1.9 Authorized Economic Operators (AEO)
Currently, in the Kyrgyz Republic, there is one AEO authorization holder. AEO has the possibility
to release goods themselves, without customs escort.
The transit route is defined by AEO authorization holder. Another benefit is a postponement of
payments of customs duties and taxes – up to six months after confirmation of the arrival of the
goods. They can declare goods up to 15th date of each month.
4.1.10 National Transit Coordinator
The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic appointed the National Transit Coordinator, member of
the Interdepartmental body (Council) under the Ministry of Economy (MoE). Formally