Federal Customs Service of Russia

Federal Customs Service of Russia
Федеральная таможенная служба
Federal Customs Service of Russia; Федеральная таможенная служба
	Emblem of the Federal Customs Service
	Flag of the Federal Customs Service, 1994
Agency overview
Formed	1994
Preceding agency	USSR Customs Committee;
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	RUS
Operations jurisdiction	RUS
Governing body	Government of Russia
General nature	Federal law enforcement; Civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Novozavodskaya Ul. 11/5, Moscow, Russia
Elected officer responsible	Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia;
Agency executive	Valery Pikalyov, Director;
Parent agency	Ministry of Finance
Website
	customs.gov.ru

The Federal Customs Service of Russia (Russian: Федеральная таможенная служба Российской Федерации, Federalnaya tamozhennaya sluzhba Rossiskoy Federatsii; abbreviated ФТС России, FTS Rossii) is a Russian government service regulating customs. It is part of Russia's Ministry of Finance.

History

The Customs Services in Russia were formed in 1865, as The Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance.

In 1917 the Soviet Customs Service was operated as The Main Directorate for Customs Control as part of the MKTP - The People's Commissariat for Trade and Industry.

In 1991, The Soviet Customs was replaced with The State Customs Committee (GTK) under the Ministry for Economic Development and in 2006 the GTK was renamed to current name.

On January 15, 2016, a presidential ukase placed the Federal Customs Service under the control of the Ministry of Finance.^[1]

Heads of Customs of Russia

State Customs Committee

Mikhail Vanin (1999 - 2004)