Customs liability, or the Difficult share of light industry

On the pages of specialized publications, in speeches and discussions of specialists of various levels, the thesis is constantly declared that the Russian light industry today belongs to industries with an extremely high level of import dependence. Analysts predict that the potential of domestic manufacturers producing ready-made garments in large volumes and of high quality will steadily increase. Nevertheless, a significant decrease in the share of the import component in the industry is not yet predicted. At the same time, we expect high export growth rates and already today we see its positive dynamics. And this means that conducting foreign economic activity to one degree or another is the usual daily work of any average enterprise in the industry, which is directly related to the need for mandatory and strict compliance with the requirements of customs legislation.

This is not the most pleasant topic to discuss, but I can't help but touch on it. Especially in the light of the constantly declared by the Federal Customs Service alarming statistical data on the constant increase in administrative offenses in the field of customs regulations. Changing and improving legislation reveals more and more violations of the rules, in proportion to this, the responsibility is tightened.

In the daily routine of current affairs and worries, company managers often forget that they should be directly responsible for decisions made by hired logistics managers, customs specialists, external logisticians or customs representatives. The most important thing that almost no one talks about: the CEO, delegating authority, does not delegate responsibility! But this is not only material and reputational responsibility, but also criminal (and now the criteria for its occurrence are extremely low and quickly achievable).

In order for the violation of customs rules not to come as a surprise, in my deep conviction, the head of the company is obliged to establish control reference points for himself, which will help him to determine and verify the current state of affairs in his foreign economic activity with great accuracy.

Developed by the specialists of my consulting agency Just Logistics, a unique course for CEOs and top managers of companies allows, after conducting an audit of foreign economic activity, to teach all the subtleties of customs legislation in the shortest possible time and jointly develop approaches to monitoring the level of current relations with customs authorities and the company's activities in order to reduce current expenses and develop fundamentally new approaches to conducting foreign economic activity, and this will undoubtedly help to increase personal efficiency in the future. Ask for advice!

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