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CUSTOMS SERVICE REPORTS DOUBLED CASES OF CUSTOMS BREACHES

YEREVAN, JUNE 20, ARMENPRESS: Armenian customs officials said they
revealed in the first five months of the year 190 instances of customs rules
breaches, a significant increase against 90 such instances in the same time
span of 2004. A spokesman for customs service said the cost of goods which
importers were trying to hide from customs officers last year was 287
million Armenian drams, while in the first five months of this year it was
more than 1 billion drams.
He said the majority of breaches were recorded in Bagratashen and Bavra
border checkpoints with Georgia and Zvartnots airport in Yerevan. An
official of the customs service attributed the growth to better
administration and application of a new methodology.