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- 13.04.2023 08:41:00
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During a customs inspection in March 2023, officials of the Zhetysu customs post of the Almaty State Revenue Department together with employees of the DER in Almaty, under the coordination of the Aviation Transport Prosecutor's Office, stopped the smuggling of medicines from India. Under the guise of a "biologically active food additive" in the amount of 54,449 pieces weighing a net of 356 kg, they tried to introduce a batch of finished medicines (in the form of tablets)," the press service of the Almaty State Revenue Service reports. As a result of the customs examination, it was established that the undeclared goods are a "medicinal product" and are intended for use for therapeutic purposes. It was packaged and packaged in dosage form for retail sale. According to the calculations, the customs value of goods amounted to 43.4 million tenge. The amount of damage to the budget amounted to 5.2 million tenge. In the actions of a participant in foreign economic activity, there are signs of violation of the "economic smuggling" provided for by Article 234 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in connection with which the material was sent to the DER in Almaty for further adoption of a procedural decision," the department said. Only from the beginning of 2023, the department, according to the results of customs inspection, revealed 780 facts of violation of customs legislation, the amount of the fine amounted to 6.4 million tenge, additionally additional accrued and recovered customs payments and taxes in the amount of 82.2 million tenge.
