Customs post to cross the border

Implementation of the concept of customs clearance transfer to the state border has particularly acute impact on the transport and logistics situation in the North-West Russia and, accordingly, in St. Petersburg.  Namely here we see the main import cargo traffic. According to experts, the implemented reforms still have bad influence both on business and on the city, where the number of cargo transport is only increasing. A technique of "dry ports" in its present form does not make sense regarding economics .
 
Following the abolition of customs posts and the establishment of new ones St. Petersburg has faced a number of problems, particularly threatening to automobile assembly plants, importing automotive components. Since the end of April, 2010 specialized Pushkin customs office was put into operation in Shusharakh on the basis of temporary storage workhouse of "First Container Terminal".
 
Most of the components for these companies are delivered by sea transport. In particular, in the industrial zone "Kamenka" Hyundai carries out construction of industrial park for manufacturing of automotive components for car assembly plant. Since March 2010 transshipment of equipment, that is delievered in containers through terminal in Moby Dick in Kronshtadt, has been launched. It is definitely makes sense to carry out customs clearance of goods (the volume of which by the way makes up 51ths TEUs per year) in Kronstadt customs post of the Baltic Customs.

As for Nissan enterprise customs clearance is more convenient to be arranged at the terminal "Osinovaya Rosha”, located near highway" Scandinavia ", due to the possibility of direct transit of goods from the port.
 
That is why these companies turned to the leadership of Customs and municipal authorities not to make out of Pushkin customs post the only customs post where customs clearance of automotive components can be offered.
 
In addition, this special road customs post for automobile assembly plants would leave no market choice and make out of the terminal a monopolist, entitled to dictate to the Petersburg automobile industry its terms of service. And the cargo clearance at the terminal implies the action scheme of "dry ports", which is still not fully developed.
 
According to Alexander Puchkov, the Director for the Coordination of transport and logistics companies GC Eurosib, the former head of Pulkovo and Baltic Customs Post, the decision to abolish the customs posts in St. Petersburg and to establish poorly equipped new ones, was taken suddenly giving no chance for businesses to prepare for such development.
 
As a result of this confusion traffic situation in St. Petersburg has became only worse, although the withdrawal of freight transport from the city was among the objectives of the concept of customs clearance transfer to the state border. "In addition, the trucks that were unable to pass the clearance in St. Petersburg did not go to Pskov, Novgorod,  because it would not coincide with the system of logic and logistics, they all headed to Moscow ", Alexander Puchkov says.