Our specialist team has extensive customs litigation experience and has won 98% of its cases. We provide advice on recovery of overpaid customs duties and classification of goods, including import licensing, IP and customs valuation, and exchange controls.

We also help our client draft numerous foreign trade agreements to ensure their compliance to Russian customs and foreign exchange control regulations and practice.

Specific expertise includes:

• International trade in goods, works and services:
  • International trade contracts
  • Customs clearance of imported/exported goods
  • Identification of the most advantageous customs treatment
  • Goods classification in observance of the Russian Commodity Classification for Foreign Trade
  • Drafting the requisite documents for obtaining provisional BTI (Binding Tariff Information) decisions
  • Customs preferences
  • Certification of goods
  • Import licences and quotas
  • Export control issues
  • Foreign exchange regulation and control in the Russian Federation
  • Inclusion of IP assets (trade marks) in the Customs Register of IP assets
• Determination and confirmation of customs value
  • Structure of the customs value of imported goods
  • Royalties and the licence payments in the customs value of imported goods
  • Transfer pricing
• Legal representation of clients before the customs, foreign exchange and judicial authorities
  • Challenging unlawful decisions issued by the customs authorities
  • Recovering overpaid/over-collected customs duties, excise taxes and VAT charges
  • Confirming benefits
  • Challenging adjusted customs values and goods BTI decisions
  • Representing clients in administrative cases instigated for violation of the customs and exchange legislation
  • Providing legal support with respect to antidumping investigations