Customs Administration

Customs service "to intensify work" during Easter

BELGRADE -- Serbian customs services "will intensify work" during the upcoming Easter holidays and take all measures to prevent unnecessary waiting at border crossings.

The Customs Administration made the announcement on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian customs services will intensify work during the upcoming Easter holidays and take all measures to prevent unnecessary waiting at border crossings, the Customs Administration said in a release on Friday.

BELGRADE - All customs offices in Serbia have been integrated in a New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) and Serbia should join the system of joint EU transit as of October this year, the Customs Administration authorities released.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic and Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic signed on Friday an agreement on cooperation between the Ministry of Finance, Customs Administration and the Interior Ministry (MUP) of Serbia, aimed to promote cooperation between these institutions in the fight against corruption and crime.

BELGRADE - The Customs Administration stated on Wednesday that the customs offices will work regularly during the New Year and Christmas holidays, and branch offices in the interior that collect customs duties on goods will have an on call status.

BELGRADE - The total trade volume between China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) stands at around USD 50 billion, said Bojana Todorovic, assistant to the Serbian minister of trade, stressing that these countries should act as one in trade with this large and important partner.

BELGRADE - Customs officers of a Serbian Customs Administration river patrol unit have prevented an attempt to smuggle nearly two tons of oil.

In the area of Novi Banovci, 20km north of Belgrade, the customs officers found a hand-made barge hidden in the overgrowth along the banks of the Danube River late on Wednesday.

SUBOTICA - A total of 1,281 farmers in Serbia produced organic products last year - 220 more than in the year before - with 8,228 hectares of land used for that purpose - 1,888 hectares more than in 2012.

Coordinating Center for exports to Russia

BELGRADE -- The Coordinating Center for assisting Serbian businesses in exporting food products to Russia has been launched at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS).

The center will be run by officials of the Ministries of Trade and Agriculture and the Customs Administration, Tanjug reported.

BELGRADE - The Coordinating Center for assisting Serbian businesses in exporting food products to Russia, which will be run by officials of the Ministries of Trade and Agriculture and the Customs Administration, has started work at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS).