Georgia cuts customs clearance fee
By Jamila Babayeva
Georgia has reduced the fee for customs clearance by five times.
The decision is aimed to create equal conditions for importers and establish preferential tariffs, Revenue Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry reported.
Henceforth, at the customs checkpoints ports of Poti and Kulevi, as well as in the free economic zone of Poti customs clearance of goods worth up to 3000 GEL is reduced from 100 to 20 lari ($1 = 1.71 lari).
Customs checkpoints port of Poti joins preferential tariff since May 28, 2011.