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Control system: Russia called for expanding the risk management system in the customs regulation of the EAEU
It is necessary to develop and scale risk management mechanisms in the field of customs regulation in the territory of the states of the Eurasian Economic Union, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said during an expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council. Why it is necessary to expand the risk management system in the EAEU customs, what problems in the current system need to be improved, as well as how this will affect business and the speed of cargo passage — in the Izvestia article.
Unification of control
A risk management system is a set of rules and digital tools that help you identify possible violations in advance and reduce losses. It analyzes data on products, companies, prices, and supply routes. The system then evaluates the probability of risk for each operation. In customs, this approach is used for cargo inspection. The program processes information in seconds and assigns a risk level to each delivery. For example, it takes into account the history of the participant in the foreign economic activity, the cost of the product and the country of origin. If the indicators deviate from the norm, the system signals a possible problem.
Next, the system determines what actions are needed. Some of the cargo is processed automatically. Risky shipments are sent for additional verification. Such systems are actively developing. They use large amounts of data and constantly update their risk assessment algorithms.
It is necessary to expand the risk management system in the EAEU in order to better control trade and find violations faster, the press service of the Ministry of Economy told Izvestia. Since 2024, countries have already begun to bring approaches closer, for example, they have agreed on price targets and established data exchange. This helps to identify the underestimation of the cost of goods.
Further development of the system will make it possible to apply uniform rules at the border and primarily check suspicious shipments, which will strengthen the fight against "gray" imports and counterfeits, the department explained. At the same time, the systems in different countries are still different, so they continue to be improved.
The decisions approved at the Intergovernmental Council meeting on March 26, 2026 are aimed at updating indicators, expanding the list of goods under control and improving the effectiveness of inspections. This will not create additional difficulties for honest business, the ministry noted. On the contrary, registration will become faster, and the conditions of competition will be clearer and more equal.
The main focus is not on changing the risk management system itself, but on expanding the practice of its application, the press service of the Federal Customs Service told Izvestia. This is necessary to increase the efficiency of the customs authorities and reduce the administrative burden on a bona fide business.
"The issue of expanding the practice of application is primarily related not to problems, but to the need to ensure equivalent control within the framework of risk management systems in the EAEU and to harmonize approaches to the implementation of this system," the federal service said.
For legal businesses, such measures have a positive effect: confidence in the quality and safety of products increases, the FCS noted. The formation of a unified integrated information system remains an important area. This process is developing at different speeds in different countries, so it needs to be accelerated and moved to the next stage. This will create conditions for obtaining government and commercial services in a convenient form for citizens and entrepreneurs throughout the Union.
Improving efficiency
The risk management system serves as a tool that brings the activities of customs authorities and procedures to uniform standards, an expert from the Popular Front told Izvestia. Analytics", Elena Vasyakina, Associate Professor of the Department of State and Legal Disciplines at RTU MIREA. The expansion of this approach will increase the effectiveness of control due to uniform principles of risk assessment at the level of the entire EAEU and will optimize the work of customs through the introduction of common rules for identifying potential violators.
"At the same time, the burden on bona fide businesses will decrease, as the risk—based model will free law—abiding companies from unnecessary checks that slow down logistics and increase costs," the expert noted.
According to her, the main obstacle to the unification of legislation and practice of customs procedures in the EAEU remains the lack of a unified information system that ensures unhindered interaction between customs authorities and participants in foreign economic activity. The creation of such a system is slowing down due to differences in the level of digitalization of the Union countries and the lack of uniform standards for data exchange.
Until a full-fledged digital environment has been formed, information about the risks identified in one country is not always available to others, which slows down integration and allows unscrupulous participants to use differences in control to build "gray" schemes, explained Elena Vasyakina.
— The expansion of RMS will have a comprehensive positive impact on business and accelerate the movement of goods. For companies with a low level of risk, registration procedures will become as fast and practically automated as possible. This will significantly speed up the passage of goods through the internal and external borders of the EAEU," the expert said.
Reducing the number of inspections and administrative barriers will directly lead to a reduction in business logistics costs. At the same time, uniform and transparent risk assessment criteria at the level of the entire union will make the rules understandable and predictable for all participants in foreign economic activity, Elena Vasyakina added.
The increase in Russia's trade with the EAEU countries observed in recent years, including supplies from third countries, creates new requirements for improving the effectiveness of customs control along the entire perimeter of the union's border, Evgeny Koshkarov, a member of the General Council of Delovaya Rossiya, told Izvestia. At the same time, the most important resource for achieving this goal is the risk management system.
— The convergence of administrative practices in the field of customs control is becoming a priority. The most effective forms and tools that have proven their effectiveness should be implemented and used by all customs services of the member states of the Union," explained Evgeny Koshkarov.
According to him, in world practice, it is a well-developed risk management system that is the basis for simplifying foreign economic activity and reducing business costs. Further improvement of RMS in the EAEU countries will help achieve these goals and increase the comfort of conducting foreign economic activity.
Adapting to sanctions
Expanding the risk management system is a necessary step, since it is the customs processes within the EAEU that are coming to the fore today, especially in the face of sanctions pressure, Maxim Chirkov, associate professor of the Department of Economic Policy and Economic Measurements at the State University of Management, told Izvestia. In this regard, speeding up the passage of goods, automating procedures and preventing violations during trade operations are of particular importance.
— The current situation is characterized by rapid changes in logistics chains, changing suppliers and the active use of parallel imports, which inevitably increases the level of risks. In such circumstances, the introduction and development of a risk management system becomes a particularly relevant tool for stabilizing processes and increasing transparency," said Maxim Chirkov.
Using this system will speed up the movement of goods and make the rules of operation more understandable for market participants. This will create advantages for bona fide suppliers and buyers, while reducing the time and financial costs of the business. Further development of the risk management system, taking into account modern opportunities, will contribute to the economic growth of countries and help them adapt more effectively to sanctions pressure.
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