Eurasian Economic Commission to look into Armenian company's complaint
12.11.2019,
16:23
The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the executive arm of the Eurasian Economic Union, will look into a complaint lodged by Armenian exporter of agricultural products Spayka against Russian customs officials, Karine Minasyan, a member of the EEC Board told reporters today.
YEREVAN, November 12. /ARKA/. The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the executive arm of the Eurasian Economic Union, will look into a complaint lodged by Armenian exporter of agricultural products Spayka against Russian customs officials, Karine Minasyan, a member of the EEC Board told reporters today.
On November 7, Spayka announced that Russian customs officers at the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border would not allow a truck with 21 tons of blue cheese produced by its recently created factory into Russia for 24 days. Eventually, the truck had to return to Armenia.
According to Spayka, on November 5, Russian customs officials verbally notified one of the drivers that they would not be able to let the cheese into Russia and would send tit back to Armenia, because as a country of origin was mentioned 'Armenia, Southwest Asia, Southeast Europe.'
Minasyan said Spayka had sent letters, additional information, documents and videos to the leadership of the Russian Upper Lars checkpoint and North Ossetian customs service and then, two days ago, it contacted the EEC which has been dealing with this problem.
“If the cheese is really made in Armenian, then we will require that the Russian Customs explain why the batch was not allowed into Russia, but this is a process that needs to be gone through, since it is impossible to discuss it without justification and facts,” Minasyan said.
“There are problems with the limited capacity of the checkpoint, designed for 300 vehicles a day, but despite this, the customs officers handle three times as many vehicles," Minasyan said.
Armenia’s leading freight and agribusiness company Spayka was founded in 2001. It exports fruits, vegetables and some prepared foodstuffs. -0---
On November 7, Spayka announced that Russian customs officers at the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border would not allow a truck with 21 tons of blue cheese produced by its recently created factory into Russia for 24 days. Eventually, the truck had to return to Armenia.
According to Spayka, on November 5, Russian customs officials verbally notified one of the drivers that they would not be able to let the cheese into Russia and would send tit back to Armenia, because as a country of origin was mentioned 'Armenia, Southwest Asia, Southeast Europe.'
Minasyan said Spayka had sent letters, additional information, documents and videos to the leadership of the Russian Upper Lars checkpoint and North Ossetian customs service and then, two days ago, it contacted the EEC which has been dealing with this problem.
“If the cheese is really made in Armenian, then we will require that the Russian Customs explain why the batch was not allowed into Russia, but this is a process that needs to be gone through, since it is impossible to discuss it without justification and facts,” Minasyan said.
“There are problems with the limited capacity of the checkpoint, designed for 300 vehicles a day, but despite this, the customs officers handle three times as many vehicles," Minasyan said.
Armenia’s leading freight and agribusiness company Spayka was founded in 2001. It exports fruits, vegetables and some prepared foodstuffs. -0---
