YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. A regular sitting of representatives of customs services of CIS member states was held in Yerevan on September 18. According to the head of the Customs Activity Improvement Unit of the RA State Customs Committee Gagik Karian, issues related to transportation of goods through the customs border of CIS countries were discussed at the sitting. He said that one of the important problems related to customs procedures is the introduction of a single Asikuda system, which enables to facilitate customs registration among CIS member states. G. Karian noted that in 2006, the share of CIS member states in Armenia's exports has increased to 21%, while their share in imports from CIS member states has made 31% as compared with 18% and 28% in the previous year. In the first nine months of this year exports made 30%. imports - 33%. Representative of the Russian customs service Natalia Vorontsova stated that there are no serious disagreements between the customs systems of Armenia and Russia.

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