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A company from Nakhodka city illegally brought abroad 40 million rubles

40 million rubles illegally brought the company out of Nakhodka abroad. Nakhodka customs officers revealed an offense. Now the local firm will have to pay a large fine.

The company from Nakhodka concluded in 2015 a foreign trade contract with a Chinese company for the supply of consumer goods. “The company transferred from Nakhodka 89 million rubles to China for future deliveries,” said Elena Morozova, deputy head of the Nakhodka customs. - Part of the goods (equipment for digital television) were imported into Russia. The remaining goods for 40 million rubles have not been imported in the period specified by the contract.

At the same time, the legislation provides for the obligation to return to Russia funds transferred in advance for goods that have not been imported. The Russian company has not fulfilled this obligation.

In respect of the local firm, the Nakhodka customs filed an administrative violation case under Part 5 of Article 15.25 of the Administrative Code of Russia, the sanction of which provides for a large fine, up to the full amount of unpaid funds. In total, in 2019, Nakhodka Customs identified 14 firms from Nakhodka, which brought more than 1 billion abroad, and the goods were not imported into Russia. Some companies have already been imposed with fines in the total amount of 176 million rubles.

Press service of the Far-East Customs Administration, tks.ru, 8 July 2019