Customs: “No smuggling network. Scanning will change”

09/10/2015 15:15

Pranvera Fagu was appointed Director of Customs while this institution
is being criticized for the low results that forced the government to
cut the budget. But she says the results are not due to massive
smuggling. She said that specialized organizations for the fight against
tobacco traffic have no indication about smuggling.

She said that the rising collection from excise are evidence of this, and the real reason is very objective:

“If you see the 9-month analyze, all excise goods are growing. Cigarettes have dropped and the difference is almost 220 tons, compared to the past year”, Fagu added.

Official data of the Ministry of Finances show that despite the higher taxes, customs have collected less money in the first nine months of this year.

“We analyze not only the factors, but also the work of the administration. We have taken measures to minimize this factor”, Fagu adds.

Besides revenues, customs have been mentioned for another debate, related to the controversial scanning concession. Fagu says the problematic agreement is expected to change and facilitate some business categories that have been penalized.

“The legal differences were presented so that the scanning fee is paid only once. This will happen for the internal transit for money that go from one customs regime to another, and also due to the active processing, which is the manufacturing industry”, Fagu explained.

According to the agreement, businesses pay 22 EUR as scanning fee for every customs declaration, even if the goods enter the scanner or not. Some business categories have been more penalized by paying twice.

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