Lattakia Customs: More than 700 customs violations since the beginning of this year
The Director of Lattakia Customs, Adib Al-Ali, explained that the main criterion in the procedures for claiming confiscated goods (seized) is the existence of regular customs data according to which these goods contain all the required information and documents, including import licenses that enable them to conform to foreign trade regulations. Conduct inspection of these goods and verify their conformity in all respects (type - specifications - origin).
Al-Ali added, according to the newspaper "Tishreen", that the economic restriction of goods is verified whether they are allowed on the date of clearance under these data, so as not to contradict with the instructions of the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade in this regard, and then when there is any difference in one of these elements between the goods and these In this case, the data shall be considered as irregular goods (smuggled) and shall be subject to the fines stipulated in the Customs Law and the Settlement Manual in force.
Al-Ali noted that the total number of cases investigated since the beginning of the year amounted to 739 cases (data breach and smuggling violations) and the total fines collected from them were 523 million pounds, while the number of cases organized within the framework of the campaign against smuggling since the beginning of the campaign on 11/2 At the end of September, 143 cases and a total of fines of 289 million pounds were confiscated between goods (clothes, electrical appliances, foodstuffs, toys, cosmetics, etc.) of various origins. The Directorate ..
Source: Syria Economic News
