Revenue service: Russian-flagged freight ship not subject to int’l sanctions
The state body noted after the completion of the customs control procedures, the cargo was placed in the transit procedure under the legislation. Photo: 1TV.ge
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A freight ship, sailing under the Russian flag, entered the Black Sea Poti port on Friday and is not subject to international sanctions, the Georgian revenue service announced on Saturday.
The service said the vessel CALLIOPE was loaded with 4,044 tonnes of diesel fuel designated for the Armenian company, but refrained from naming the companies and confidential tax information, also explaining that after screening it was confirmed, with the Georgian maritime transport agency, that the international sanctions, imposed on Russia and Belarus since the start of the war in Ukraine, have not applied either to the ship or its owner company.
The state body noted after the completion of the customs control procedures, the cargo was placed in the transit procedure under the legislation.
In its statement the agency said it has been “constantly checking” ships and ship owners for compliance with the sanctions, together with the maritime transport agency, noting that sanctioned ship, cargo or ship owners would not be able to enter and carry out customs procedures at Georgian ports.
The Georgian revenue service on Thursday announced that the railway wagons loaded with 1,972 tons of fuel oil had entered the Gardabani customs checkpoint on Monday and had been screened, confirming that the international sanctions, imposed on Russia and Belarus since the start of the war in Ukraine, did not apply to either the shipment or the owner company.
The Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia on Thursday dismissed reports by several opposition-minded TV channels on alleged problems in monitoring of international cargo shipments and provision of border crossing procedures at the Kazbegi checkpoint on the Russia-Georgia border in the north of Georgia.
The Georgian Revenue Service on Thursday rejected as “misinformation” a story aired on Mtavari Arkhi channel and a statement made by Levan Khabeishvili, a member of the United National Movement opposition party, that alleged oil had been imported in the country in circumvention of sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Customs authorities in the Black Sea port of Batumi have rejected services to a freight ship sailing under the Turkish flag and carrying oil products from a company hit by the international community’s sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the Revenue Service of Georgia announced on Monday.
The revenue service of the ministry of finance of Georgia on Monday responded to media reports alleging an import to Georgia of thousands of tonnes of petrol from a company sanctioned under the international community’s measures against Russia, rejecting the claims as “disinformation”.
Georgia's revenue service on Friday responded to media reports on nuclear material being transported across the country last month by explaining a railway freight shipment of products by a Kazakh company had transited through the country on its destination in Canada.