Ukrainian bird languishes on the Russian border

Russian Customs has introduced a mortgage obligations for Ukrainian companies.

Customs Service of the Russian Federation from August 14, included in the list of "risk" without exception Ukrainian exporters by adding them to the first four dozen companies that got there in July. It is indefinitely blocked delivery of goods from Ukraine. This was reported by the Federation of Employers of Ukraine. The Federal Customs Service of Russia confirmed the facts, but they did not comment.

«The difficulties with the passage of Ukrainian goods to the Russian customs largely due to the bureaucracy simply because of the fact that Ukraine is not a member of the Customs Union. However, no policy on this is not "- said the Chairman of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs Leonid Slutsky in an interview with radio station" Echo of Moscow ". He expressed the hope that before the end of August, the customs services of the two countries allowed encountered, adding that the problem really is, but they can be solved as soon as possible.

in critical situations were Ukrainian suppliers of poultry. For them, the Federal Customs Service of Russia has introduced a mortgage commitment, without which the products can not be delivered to the Russian market. The chairman of the board of directors of the Union of Poultry Breeders of Ukraine Oleksandr Bakumenko.

«Russia introduced the so-called collateral obligations, that is, the importer must keep as collateral to verify the certificate amount, which is almost 80% of the contract amount. If such a pledge is made, then the customs territory of the goods passes, more versed with the certificate, and then within a month, if all goes well, return the money, "- said Bakumenko.

According to him, before such measures in relation to Russian Ukrainian poultry products has not taken. A. Bakumenko explained that the implementation of pledges can be difficult for many Ukrainian exporters, and several dozen cars idling with the products on the Russian-Ukrainian border.

In addition, the Russian Customs exposes Ukrainian cargo continuous testing, including unloading, handling and loading them back into the trucks. This results in prolonged downtime. There is a clear risk of supply disruption due to spoilage, and, of course, penalties and the increased cost of goods due to downtime, says the Federation of Employers of Ukraine.

According to the Ministry of income and fees, in 2012 in Russia, Ukraine supplied more than 31 thousand tons of poultry meat and edible offal of poultry, which is 5.9 times more than the year before. In the past year, Ukraine did not import these products from Russia.