Customs policy is focused on the activities of the state regulation of foreign trade exchange (import and export conditions, their structure and scope) through the installation of certain customs and ways to move goods vehicles through the customs border.
Determination of the mechanism of customs policy defines a set of institutions that are involved in the formation and implementation of the customs policy, as well as a set of methods and forms of its implementation, how to use the tools of customs regulations by authorized state bodies.Ensuring economic interests of the state is the main goal of customs policy.In this sense, Russia is no exception.
Customs policy of Russia has a lot of experience of security of the domestic industry and trade, the domestic market and the state, as well as economic independence.
Currently need administrative tools to regulate foreign trade.
With their state at a time when a large number of companies are independently carries out commercial activities, the growth of the foreign trade deficit may stop and align payments and the trade balance may be in acute shortage of foreign currency, to dispose of it more rational and abroad to buy the most necessaryProducts for the country to service foreign currency debt to mobilize foreign currency reserves.
Customs policy must ensure economic security, which is a state of the economy, ensuring the necessary level of defense, political and social existence and progressive development of Russia's independence and the invulnerability of its economic interests in connection with its attitude to various influences, as well as internal and external threats.
These tools in the field of import restrictions make it possible to obtain concessions it all on the basis of reciprocity, as well as the possibility to abolish countries (trade partners of the Russian Federation) discriminatory measures.
Customs policy is closely linked with the principles of state regulation of foreign trade activities, which include: the protection of the legitimate interests of the state and the rights of the participants of foreign trade activities;unity of the customs policy of Russia;unity of foreign policy as a sector of Russia's foreign policy;equality of participants of foreign trade activities and neuschemlenie their rights;unity of the system of state regulation of foreign trade activities, and control of its implementation, and others.
from the negative impact of foreign competition, the Russian economy protects the customs policy.A lot of suppliers of similar products present on the world market, on price and technical parameters, many of them surpass the domestic producers to a large extent.The presence of "price scissors" in the domestic and international markets due to the high level of foreign competition.
Customs policy - is an integral part of foreign and economic policy, it therefore depends on the goals and objectives of the overall economic plan of the government in the formation of a customs union, the formation of customs conventions, tariff and customs legislation manifested the essence of customs policy, the organization of free customs zones.
Customs duties, which regulate the supply of the domestic market of imported goods may be used for leveling the levels of domestic and world prices.In order to develop a market economy, it is necessary leveling of prices rather than the use of radical and including exclusion measures.In the domestic market will inevitably increase the cost of production in the absence of imports.Excessive imports, however, could lead to a violation of the balance of foreign trade settlements, hampering the development of domestic production.