Some 373,000 tons of products were exported through the customs of Qasr-e Shirin County of Iran’s western Kermanshah Province during first three months (21 March-21 June) of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2019), said governor of Qasr-Shirin County of Kermanshah Province Moradali Tatar, Trend reports.

The main types of customs offenses and crimes in the CIS are connected with the illegal movement of goods across the customs borders of states, Oleg Gubaydulin, Chairman of the Committee of Heads of Law Enforcement Units (CCPE) of the Council of Heads of Customs Services of the Member Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), told reporters on the sidelines of the 19th meeting of the committee held in Baku, Trend reports.

The “Rules of Customs Examination” have been changed in Azerbaijan, Trend reports referring to the Cabinet of Ministers.

There are proposals to introduce amendments to the “Law on Suspension of Inspections in Entrepreneurship” in Azerbaijan in order for the authorized agencies to carry out customs audit from Feb. 1, 2019.

Azerbaijan and India will sign an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in the field of customs, said Lieutenant-General of the Customs Service Safar Mehdiyev, the State Committee reported.

In the first half of this year (since March 21), 72,864,000 tons of products were imported and exported while 90 percent of imported goods passed through customs procedures within three days, the Iran Customs Administration said.

A seminar for journalists on "Azerbaijani Customs – Today’s and Tomorrow's Challenges" started in Baku June 13.

Azerbaijan may create a special group to assess the work of customs bodies, Safar Mehdiyev, chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee, said at a seminar for journalists titled “Azerbaijani Customs – Today’s and Tomorrow’s Challenges” on June 13.

The introduction of a new system of customs duties is not aimed at their increase or protectionism policy, chairman of the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee, colonel-general of the customs service Aydin Aliyev said in an exclusive interview with Trend.

The Cabinet of Ministers has announced customs duty changes on inputs to make manufacturing competitive.