Georgian customs officers send back potato, sawn lumber after products fail inspection
The Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Control Division of the body’s Customs Department said 42 tons of potatoes, sent as exports to Georgia from different countries, had been rejected due to non-compliance with food safety requirements. Photo: Revenue service
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Customs officers at the Kazbegi checkpoint on the country’s northern border with Russia returned potato and sawn lumber batches to exporting countries after the products failed sanitary and phytosanitary inspection, the Revenue Service said on Tuesday.
The Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Control Division of the body’s Customs Department said 42 tons of potatoes, sent as exports to Georgia from different countries, had been rejected due to non-compliance with food safety requirements.
The action follows a similar outcome on 42 tons of potatoes designated for import from Russia earlier this month.
In the other decision, about 69,000 cubic metres of sawn lumber was returned to an exporting country from the customs checkpoint after the cargo failed phytosanitary standards.
Georgian customs officers seized ₾33,628 ($12,526) worth of undeclared gold items on the Sarpi border crossing checkpoint with Turkey in the south-west of the country, the Revenue Service announced on Tuesday.
The Investigation Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry on Friday said its professionals had established a case of smuggling of “large quantities” of gold items across the country’s western border earlier this month.
A $7,740 worth of undeclared gold items have been seized at the Sadakhlo checkpoint, a crossing point between Georgia and Armenia, the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia said on Monday.
Georgia's Revenue Service on Friday "categorically and with full responsibility" declared the media report on Wednesday that cited the Czech Ambassador as saying Czech-made products had been exported from Georgia to Russia in a circumvention of international sanctions as "false information".
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”.