PRESS RELEASE

               4 November 2019                                                                                                                                          Nur Sultan city

Two transit violations were identified with the help of navigation seals over the weekend

Carriers from Kyrgyzstan stated in the accompanying documents the Russian Federation as the final destination. However, the goods (fresh pears and apples) were in the markets of Nur-Sultan and Karaganda. In both cases, the sender was one legal entity.

         The first case was recorded in the market" Sharyn" of the city of Nur Sultan. The navigation seal signaled a deviation from the declared route – the truck stood motionless for two days on the territory of the market, as the dispatchers reported to the employees of the Export control office of the SRC. As it turned out, the car arrived on the market on October 31, 2019.

On November 3, 2019 the fact of sale of transit cargo in the territory of the market is recorded. As can be seen from the video, the cable of the navigation seal was cut and the trailer door was opened. The seal itself was in the iron safe of the body. At the time of crossing the border in the car was 19.3 tons of fruit. By the time it was discovered on the market in the capital, he managed to sell more than 10 tons.

In the explanatory the driver reported that the car and the refrigerator failed several times along the way. He informed the owner of the goods about this. She, in turn, recommended him to go to the capital market and sell the goods. At the moment, the owner of the goods from Karaganda is sent to the SRO of the Baikonur district of SRD of Nur-Sultan city to give explanations and pay the amount of VAT.

The second case of violation of transit was revealed in the market "Shygys" of Karaganda city. The driver informed the dispatcher of the service of navigation seals about the breakdown of the car and decided to sell it due to the fact that this product is perishable. After working on this issue with the staff of the SRD of the Karaganda region, the administration of the market assumed obligations to pay VAT.

It should be noted that in both cases the sender was one legal entity from the Kyrgyz Republic. 

In General, for these violations, drivers will be brought to administrative responsibility under part 4 of article 573 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on administrative offenses. They will have to pay fines of 20 MCI.

For reference: the use of navigation seals will further simplify customs procedures and reduce the administrative burden on business by eliminating physical control measures in the form of inspections and physical accompaniments.

In general, for 9 months of the current year, 842 violations were revealed and 72.5 million tenge of fines were imposed for transit movements of goods.