(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 15. Mobile phones
and other wireless communication equipment imported into Azerbaijan
by individuals will have to be declared to the customs authorities
in written (or online) form when crossing customs, trend reports.
Thus, the IMEI [International Mobile Equipment Identity] number
of mobile phones imported by individuals into the country for
personal use and not declared by the customs authorities will not
be registered by the registration center of the Ministry of Digital
Development and Transport.
Commenting on this issue, IT expert Farid Pardashunas said that
now individuals will have to declare new smartphones that they have
bought for personal use at the customs.
'The new rule concerns declaration of the IMEI code. So, if
someone brings a mobile phone into the country, he must declare it
at customs in order to be able to use it locally. Until now, a
smartphone could be brought into the country without declarations,”
Pardashunas noted.
“According to the new rules in force from today, a citizen must
declare a new smartphone that he brought in order to be able to use
it in our country. An important point at this time is the
declaration of the IMEI code of the device,” he explained.“As for
the customs duty, for example, if the cost of a smartphone exceeds
$800, a simplified declaration is filled out, and $800 is deducted
from the value of the imported device. Customs duty is 36 percent
of the amount in excess of the $800 limit.”
“Some local shops imported smartphones into the country without
declaring them and sold them at a lower price. This was possible
because they evaded direct customs duties - now this will no longer
be possible. However, the prices should not rise in stores that
officially and legally import mobile phones,' the expert said.
Previously, the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan said that
according to Part 9 of Appendix No. 1 of Azerbaijani Cabinet of
Ministers Decision No. 305 dated October 14, 2013, mobile phone
devices imported from abroad must be declared to the customs
authority.
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