Although Russia’s foreign trade turnover contracted by 40 ％在 2009 相比 2008, the Russian customs authorities still managed to meet the budgeted target for the remittance of customs proceeds, which was reduced by the government by only 20 百分之. According to the Federal Customs Service, this became possible owing to the increased efficiency of customs administration for imports.

In the absence of effectively functioning new technologies for customs administration, the customs authorities solve the task of collecting customs payments using a risk-management system. The so-called risk profiles make up the core of the system. Practice shows that this approach creates conditions for dramatic increases in unlawfulness and administrative abuse.

Court disputes with customs authorities aptly illustrate this issue.

According to the Federal Customs Service, the number of judicial appeals against the decisions and actions of the customs authorities has more than doubled. 在 2008, fewer than 8,000 appeals were filed, while in 2009, 以上 16,000 appeals were filed. The categories of lawsuits considered by courts were distributed as follows:

• about 46 percent were on the adjustment of customs value

• about 30 percent were cases involving administrative offenses

• about 7 percent were on the reclassification of goods

• and on the refund of overpaid customs payments, though most of the decisions resulted from the adjustment of customs value, 8 百分之.

Statements of claim filed on other customs grounds amounted to 9 percent of the total.

In 2009, the number of customs disputes considered on their merits by state arbitration courts soared by almost 40 百分之, reaching 14,000 (in 2008, the number of cases was a little more than 8,000). State arbitration courts upheld more than 70 percent of the claims filed by foreign trade businesses.

通過 Trends in the Development of Court Practice for Foreign Trade Businesses | 莫斯科時報.