In January-October 2007, transportation of Russian cargo via Byelorussia totaled 7.1 million tonnes (+27%, year-on-year), RBC quotes Aleksandr Shpilevski, chairman of Byelorussian State Customs Committee as reporting at an international conference dedicated to problems of border crossings at the North and North-West of Russia. According to Mr. Shpilevski, Byelorussian Customs services have similar requirements to carriers and cargo examination.
Byelorussian telecommunications complex has undergone modernization resulting in decrease of time needed for passing the check points. Besides, the complex enables the two countries to exchange information about transit cargo. According to the data provided by the Customs Committee, it takes 15 minutes to transfer information about the transit of cargo to Minsk and 30 minutes to get it in Russia.