KIEV, Sept. 29 – Odessa Regional State Administration Governor Mikheil Saakashvili has come out against the government again, saying the cabinet resolution which empowers the State Fiscal Service to introduce a single indicative cost of customs service for imports will worsen the situation faced by importers and create preconditions for corruption by officials.
"Again the State Fiscal Service is trying to conduct pseudo reform instead of setting fair rules, which worsens the state of business. Ignoring the hopes of importers for fair prices of customs clearance, the prime minister signed resolution No. 724, according to which the customs clearance for all goods began not at the actual [under the customs code] price, but at the price defined by the State Fiscal Service in advance. Today the customs clearance at all customs centers has been paralyzed," Saakashvili wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.
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