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Nurminen offers Russia solution

Finnish-based Russian transport specialist Nurminen Logistics said that goods may be declared using the TIR declaration procedure only if payment of customs fees and taxes was guaranteed by obtaining separate insurance, if the Russians carry out their threat. Nurminen pledged to find its customs “the best solution”, pointing out that, instead of TIR declaration, it could produce T1 declarations at all its sites. It could also deliver goods to Russia ... [+]

Russia postpones TIR withdrawal

Russia's Federal Customs Service has postponed its threatened exit from the TIR system for road transport , originally planned for mid-August, until 14 September, according to a report in the Moscow Times. The dispute was over an alleged 20 billion roubles-worth of duty (about £400 million) owned to the customs ... [+]

Growing alarm over Russia TIR plan

More industry representatives have added their concerns over Russian plans to suspend the TIR system. The forwarders' associations umbrella body CLECAT has joined the British International Freight Association in raising concerns over Russian threats to suspend TIR arrangements for trucks transiting its territory. In a letter to the UK's HM Revenue ... [+]

Russia threatens to suspend TIR

Russia is threatening to suspend TIR arrangements for trucks transiting its territory, according to the British International Freight Association (BIFA). In a letter to HM Revenue & Customs, BIFA warns that the Russian Federation is considering additional guarantee measures for goods moving under TIR carnets from 14 August, according to ... [+]

Brussels rejects TIR reinstatement call

The European Commissioner for Taxation and the Customs Union Algirdas Šemeta has rejected a call by the International Road Transport Union for the TIR system to be reintroduced for intra-EU truck movements. The IRU had called for the TIR transit system to be reinstated for goods transport under customs control ... [+]

Plans to speed Iran crossings

The IRU signed a a Memorandum of Understanding with the Iranian TIR guaranteeing association, the Iran Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines (ICCIM) and the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) on cooperation and the use of modern TIR-IT risk-management technologies on 17 July. They also discussed the possibility ... [+]

Egypt prepares for TIR

Public and private stakeholders met on 5 July to discuss plans to speed up Egypt's entry to the TIR Convention “in the very near future”, reported the International Road Transport Union (IRU). All parties agree that it is essential for Egypt to join as soon as possible. The major UN ... [+]

Bring back TIR in Europe, says IRU

The International Road Transport Union has called for the TIR system to be reinstated in the EU. It formed part of a resolution adopted by its general assembly in Geneva on 27 April which called for he the EU Customs Code to be changed to allow the use of the ... [+]

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