Armenian small and medium businesses complain of rising customs clearance price
29.08.2018,
14:37
A parliament member from the Prosperous Armenia party told an extraordinary session of parliament today that small and medium-sized businesses complain of rising prices for customs clearance of goods.
YEREVAN, August 29. /ARKA/. A parliament member from the Prosperous Armenia party told an extraordinary session of parliament today that small and medium-sized businesses complain of rising prices for customs clearance of goods.
The MP Sergey Bagratyan said the complains were conveyed to him by numerous owners of small and medium businesses, who claim that the customs clearance price for one kg of goods has been raised by $2 from the previous 70 US cents.
In June Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) arrested three senior executives of Norfolk Consulting customs brokerage firm, accusing it of failing to pay millions of dollars in taxes and customs duties.
According to NSS, Norfolk Consulting was set up in 2017 June and was given exclusive rights to process commercial cargo from China, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, having driven nine other customs brokerage firms handling those imports out of business.
The NSS said Norfolk Consulting enjoyed a “special privileged status” with the help of senior officials from the State Revenue Committee. The NSS charged that it may have since earned $7 million in “illegal revenue” by helping importers evade or underpay taxes.
The government said Norfolk Consulting will continue to perform the same functions as before, but under its tight surveillance, but will be soon shut down. -0-
The MP Sergey Bagratyan said the complains were conveyed to him by numerous owners of small and medium businesses, who claim that the customs clearance price for one kg of goods has been raised by $2 from the previous 70 US cents.
In June Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) arrested three senior executives of Norfolk Consulting customs brokerage firm, accusing it of failing to pay millions of dollars in taxes and customs duties.
According to NSS, Norfolk Consulting was set up in 2017 June and was given exclusive rights to process commercial cargo from China, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, having driven nine other customs brokerage firms handling those imports out of business.
The NSS said Norfolk Consulting enjoyed a “special privileged status” with the help of senior officials from the State Revenue Committee. The NSS charged that it may have since earned $7 million in “illegal revenue” by helping importers evade or underpay taxes.
The government said Norfolk Consulting will continue to perform the same functions as before, but under its tight surveillance, but will be soon shut down. -0-
