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German Customs Seizes Record $1 Billion Worth of Cocaine
August 5, 2019 |Europe

German customs seized more than $1 billion worth of cocaine in a container shipped from Uruguay, according to an Aug. 1 Associated Press report. The drugs, about 5 tons, were seized in mid-July, when customs officers checked a container listed as soya beans that was en route from Montevideo to Antwerp, Belgium, the report said. The container held black sports bags with more than 4,000 packets of cocaine in 211 bags, the report said, which was Germany’s biggest cocaine single seizure of cocaine to date.

Antwerp Terminal Will No Longer Accept Physical MRN Customs Documents
August 2, 2019 |Europe

Antwerp’s MPET Terminal will no longer accept physical customs documents “with [movement reference numbers] MRN for export containers,” beginning Aug. 12, according to an Aug. 1 email alert from Hapag-Lloyd. Paper customs documents without MRN are still required at the terminal, including military 302 documents, “export or T1 customs documents issued under an emergency procedure” and “carnet ATA documents,” the alert said. All customs documents with MRN must be registered in advance through the “C-Point eDesk application,” the alert said. Other terminals are expected to begin similar procedures in the “near future, Hapag-Lloyd said.

Russia Introduces Bills to Counter Sanctions
July 31, 2019 |Europe

Russia is considering new bills that would counter anti-Russian sanctions through criminal charges and the creation of an “‘unreliable’ payment processors list,” according to a July 30 Lexology report and notices from the Russian State Duma.

Japan, EU Clarify Import Requirements Under New Agreement
July 24, 2019 |Europe

Japanese and European Union officials in late June clarified certain provisions of the EU-Japan economic partnership agreement for a “smoother and more efficient implementation” of the agreement, according to a July 19 notice from KPMG and a July 17 notification from Japan Customs. The agreement was intended to simplify the import declaration provision of the agreement “by which preferential tariff treatment is claimed in Japan,” KPMG said. Among the changes are provisions that say importers are not required to provide an “additional explanation … concerning the originating status of the product if not available to the importer” and that the “absence of an explanation, in addition to the statement on origin, will not lead to a rejection of the claim or a denial of the preferential tariff treatment” under the agreement. KPMG said the changes “could help address some of the administrative burden and associated trade barriers” between the two countries.