Movement of cultural goods across the customs border is strictly controlled by the state and is aimed at protecting cultural and historical heritage of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. However, travelers and guests often buy and export objects of modern art that are not classified as cultural values. What can customs officers ask on exportation in case of doubt and what…

According to the customs statistics of Pridnestrovie during the first half of 2019 the share of import and export operations with the CIS countries amounted to 75% of the total turnover of the Republic, and 25% – with foreign countries. At the same time, the structure of foreign trade with the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union and the…

In 1987 the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 42/112, establishing the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as an expression of its call to strengthen activities and cooperation for ensuring international drug-free society.

In the framework of further progressive development of information customs technologies and digital customs the State Customs Committee of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic has developed and approved the Program of activities on implementing system “Electronic Customs” for the period of 2019-2020.

The State Customs Committee of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic has issued special information paper for travellers and guests of Pridnestrovie. Customs guide explains principal customs requirements at the border and will help foreign visitors to go through Customs easily and smoothly.

Customs officers of Bendery Customs House found large quantities of items which required special import authorization. The undeclared consignment was detected during customs control of the vehicle driving to Pridnestrovie from the Republic of Moldova.

During operational investigations officers of anti-smuggling unit of Tiraspol Customs House detained a woman who crossed the border by car from the side of Ukraine. The incident took place at the customs check point “Pervomaysk”.

Since 1 January 2019 the State Customs Committee of Pridnestrovie launched electronic customs declaration system for purposes of further simplification and speeding up of customs procedures in compliance with global customs standards and best practices. This technology provided for the amended Customs Code of the PMR (in force since January 2018) has put interaction between customs bodies and business community…

This year the world marks the International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking for the 31^st time. Taking into account international dimension, cross-border nature and organized character of drug-related crimes the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic takes drastic measures to combat it. All forces and resources of law enforcement bodies are engaged including forces and instruments of the State Customs Committee…

X-ray scanning equipment was put up into exploitation in the customs control zone of the checkpoint “Post Office” of the Tiraspol Customs House. It is used for non-intrusive inspection of international mail deliveries. The launch of X-ray intrascope became another step forward in technical support for customs procedures and introduction of up-to-date technical means of customs control.