Temporary Storage Warehouse (TSW)

Temporary storage of goods that have not yet passed customs inspection is a relevant service for every participant in foreign trade activities. As a rule, when importing goods into Russia, this responsibility is assumed by a customs broker, with whom an agreement is previously concluded.

If you also require a customs temporary storage warehouse, please do not hesitate to contact us - we are ready to provide such a site near any customs terminal on the Russian border for both private and legal entities.

A temporary storage warehouse is a temporary storage warehouse that provides its services for placing cargo during the customs clearance procedure. It can accommodate both commercial shipments and personal belongings of individuals; the premises allow for placement of items ranging from perishable to large items, while observing all storage conditions.

What is a temporary storage warehouse?

So, what does SVH mean? Explanation - temporary storage warehouse - means a specially equipped room or open area for storing goods transported across the border of the Russian Federation until all customs procedures are completed. The area adjacent to the warehouse, where loading/unloading, weighing of goods, and temporary location of vehicles takes place, also refers to this concept.

Cargo is sent here for storage from the moment it is presented at customs until the moment it is allowed to cross the border. To reduce unloading costs, goods can be stored in a warehouse in the vehicle in which they arrived at the border, but this requires special permission from customs authorities. The premises must meet certain requirements for the storage of goods.

There are no restrictions on the location of warehouses. Temporary storage warehouses are most often located near a major international highway leading to a logistics center - airports, railway stations, ports, vehicle checkpoints.

Who can be the owner of a temporary storage warehouse?

As a rule, legal entities – citizens of the Russian Federation – can own a temporary storage warehouse. The owner of open areas for temporary storage of goods is often the customs authority itself.

When registering the use of premises as a temporary storage warehouse, the owner must indicate the purposes for which the temporary storage warehouse is intended:

storage of personal belongings, transport;
storage of goods under the responsibility of the carrier;
storage of goods for a limited number of persons indicating their list;
storage of goods of an unlimited number of owners under responsibility;
storage of only certain types of goods, indicating their category.

Any owner of a temporary storage warehouse must be registered in a special manner in the register of temporary storage warehouse owners. The register is constantly updated and current information is published by the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation.

What is included in the payment for temporary storage warehouse services?

The carrier pays for the complex service of entering the warehouse and parking on its territory, as well as unloading/loading of goods and their storage.

Features of “YourStorage”

For everyone who needs to use our services, all conditions for reliability and convenient access to the boxes have been created:

24-hour security and video surveillance;
maintaining temperature and humidity at the level necessary to preserve material assets in their original form;
warehouses are equipped with fire alarms and fire extinguishing systems;
access to the rented place 24 hours a day, seven days a week, thoughtful and convenient route, availability of elevators;
the opportunity to use additional services (packing, loading, transport, insurance, shelving rental);
various payment methods and contract extension if necessary;
own parking;
convenient location near the center of Moscow;
free Wi-Fi and carts in loading areas.

The difference between a customs warehouse and a temporary storage warehouse

A temporary storage warehouse should not be confused with a customs storage warehouse - their functions are somewhat different. The latter, according to the Customs Code of the Customs Union, is a territory for storing foreign goods, control over which is exercised by the customs authority itself. How does using a temporary storage warehouse differ from keeping goods in a customs warehouse?

In temporary storage warehouses, cargo can be stored for up to 2 months. Owners of imported goods must submit a package of certain documents to the customs authority. During storage at a temporary storage warehouse, the owners of the goods or their representatives have the right to perform various operations with them to ensure the safety of the goods.

The storage period for cargo placed under the appropriate procedure in a customs warehouse is up to 3 years. In addition to the usual operations for the safety of goods, the owner, having received permission from the customs authority, can perform the following actions:

sort;
repack;
take samples of goods;
label the product;
split up the batch, etc.

Cargo placed in a customs warehouse can be disposed of, for example, sold. In this case, customs duties will be paid by the new owner of the goods. For goods stored at a temporary storage warehouse, such actions are impossible.

Placing cargo in a customs warehouse is beneficial if there is active foreign economic activity and large quantities of goods are being sold: by splitting it up and selling it directly from the warehouse, you can impose the payment of duties on the buyer. In other cases, it is more convenient to use a temporary storage warehouse.

Goods imported into the territory of the Russian Federation undergo customs control. The purpose of a customs warehouse is to provide the ability to store cargo while the types and amounts of duties are determined, the necessary documents are prepared, and disputes regarding goods imported from the territory of the EAEU and other countries are resolved. Customs warehouse (CU) is a term that denotes not only a place of temporary storage of cargo, but also a special customs regime.

Types of customs warehouses

A customs warehouse means a warehouse or open area equipped in accordance with the requirements of the Customs Code of the Customs Union and intended for storing cargo placed under the Customs Union procedure (Article 155 of the EAEU Labor Code). There is no charge for storing products. To place foreign goods on a vehicle and obtain the appropriate legal status, you do not need a special license, nor do you need to pay taxes and duties. In addition, the products are kept under reliable security.

The following types of customs warehouses are distinguished according to their characteristics:

Open. Used for storing any products permitted by Russian legislation for transportation across the border of the Russian Federation. Such warehouses are organized by customs authorities or legal entities included in the Register of Vehicle Owners. Any person can use open warehouses. The owner of the vehicle does not have the right not to accept the goods;
Closed. Organized by legal entities included in the Register of Vehicle Owners. They are used to place goods with a special storage order or for a certain circle of people. Access to imported and exported goods is available only to warehouse owners, persons specified in the warehouse's constituent documents, employees of central customs services and regional customs departments.

Based on equipment, warehouses are divided into open and specially equipped premises. In open areas, goods can be stored in the vehicles used to transport them.

Requirements for a customs warehouse

When organizing a customs warehouse, the following requirements must be met:

ensuring the safety and security of goods,
creating conditions and fulfilling requirements to ensure proper storage of goods,
creation of unhindered access, tracking the status of movement of goods, control of cargo by customs officers.

These requirements constitute the minimum that must be met when organizing a vehicle. Changing the size and location of areas is possible while maintaining the total area for which customs security has been provided. Customs must be informed of changes in writing within 3 days.

The vehicle must contain:

weighing equipment,
telephone and fax communications,
copying equipment,
an automated commodity accounting system that is compatible with software approved for use by customs authorities. In warehouses with a cellular storage system, electronic equipment for recording and placing goods must be compatible with the software used by customs. Fulfillment of this requirement allows you to control the availability of goods in cells, operations with goods, determining the date and time of actions with them.

Each storage bin must contain:

weight of goods,
CCD number (cargo customs declaration),
expiration date of the goods on the vehicle (Article 367 of Federal Law No. 289).

Conditions for placing goods in a customs warehouse

The main condition for placing goods in the customs terminal is permission received from customs. You can formalize it by writing a corresponding application for inclusion and going through the procedure for declaring the goods.

The document must contain the following information:

name of imported products;
customs price of shipment;
vehicle location;
basis for placement on the vehicle.

The application is accompanied by a technical passport, an agreement with the owner of the warehouse, and confirmation of the possibility of customs storage. Based on the documents provided, customs determines whether to allow or prohibit storage on the vehicle. Since mandatory control of cargo placement is provided, inspectors should present a warehouse receipt. The document represents a special form, which is drawn up and certified by the signature of the owner of the vehicle, with whom the relationship has a contractual basis.

Products that do not require special conditions can be placed on open platforms. If these are oversized loads that cannot be placed on the vehicle due to their size, they are placed outside.

For dangerous goods and perishable goods, special conditions for storage or sale are provided.

Product shelf life

Products placed on the vehicle have certain shelf life. These deadlines are set by cargo owners individually, taking into account specific goals.

In this case, the following rules must be observed:

Products that have an expiration date can be stored on a vehicle for up to 180 calendar days (Article 157 of the EAEU Labor Code). Products placed under the export procedure are allowed to be stored on a vehicle for up to 6 months (Article 361 No. 289-FZ);
Goods must be placed on the CU within 5 working days from the date of issue of the customs declaration in the CU TC (Article 159 of the EAEU Labor Code);
The maximum duration of cargo stay on a vehicle is 36 months. For comparison, goods can be kept in a temporary storage warehouse (TSW) for no more than 2 months;
Products with expiration dates are placed in a separate category. Such products must be exported from the vehicle no later than 24 weeks before the end of this period.

The specific shelf life of the product is determined by the person who places the cargo on the vehicle and is registered in the customs declaration. When a vehicle is closed, the goods placed on it are transferred to other warehouses or moved under other procedures within no more than 60 days from the day following the cessation of the warehouse operation.

Checking goods placed in the warehouse

Products placed in the warehouse undergo mandatory testing. Its quality is analyzed and storage conditions are determined.

Monitoring of cargo for placement in a warehouse includes:

external inspection of the cargo,
measuring product performance and recording the results obtained,
weighing the goods.

After the storage period of the products on the vehicle has expired, transportation to the destination or to another warehouse is provided. Customs must notify the owner of the cargo in advance of the imminent expiration of the period - no later than 15 days. Placing goods subject to certification under a customs warehouse does not require the mandatory provision of certification documentation.

Products of plant and animal origin imported from other countries must undergo phyto- and veterinary control. After receiving permission from the customs service, such actions with the goods as unloading, packaging, sorting, taking samples/trials, testing, etc. are allowed.

Goods that cannot be stored in a customs warehouse

The list of such exceptions includes:

products whose shelf life and sales do not exceed 25 weeks;
goods prohibited for storage by decision of the Customs Union.

Dangerous goods constitute a separate category. For their placement, special storage conditions must be provided. They are located on special sites, which must meet the requirements for their storage. Customs must be notified about the transportation of dangerous goods.

Prohibited for placement on vehicles:

goods prohibited for import/export into the territory of the Russian Federation or across the border of the Russian Federation;
products whose shelf life on the day of application to the Customs Union is less than the established shelf life;
military products;
radioactive isotopes and radioactive substances;
nuclear materials, equipment subject to export control;
narcotic and psychotropic substances, toxic and potent substances;
chemicals and equipment used to create chemical weapons that are subject to export controls;
explosives, incl. after disposal of ammunition, waste from their production, pyrotechnic products, etc.;
products subject to marking with excise stamps, as well as unmarked or marked goods in violation of the established procedure;
other goods provided for in paragraph 4 of the Protocol on non-tariff regulation measures in relation to third countries (Appendix No. 7 to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014).

Types of temporary storage warehouses

Temporary storage warehouses differ in several ways depending on the type of storage of goods. The classification implies two types of temporary storage warehouses.

A closed temporary storage warehouse is intended for goods owned by temporary storage warehouse owners or belonging to certain groups (for example, requiring certain storage conditions or limited in circulation).
An open-type temporary storage warehouse is used to accommodate any cargo that can be owned by an unlimited number of persons. They are organized for the storage of goods by the warehouse owner himself or for the provision of services to other participants in foreign trade activities. All customs employees have access to such temporary storage warehouses.

If the customs authority is registered as the owner of a temporary storage warehouse, such a temporary storage warehouse can only be of the open type.

SB Cargo offers assistance

SB Cargo has its own office at Vnukovo-Cargo. You can pay for and pick up your cargo or mail yourself, but if you want to save time, contact us. We have non-cash funds at our disposal. We can pay for temporary storage warehouse services for the client, issuing an invoice in the future on our behalf. We are also responsible for booking places and assisting with customs clearance of cargo and postal items. You can obtain detailed information on a specific cargo using the consignment note number, using the form on the Vnukovo-Cargo website or by calling the numbers indicated above. Our contacts: phone, e-mail

Storage in a temporary temporary storage warehouse – how to obtain permission?

Cargo is stored at a temporary storage warehouse until it is released from customs territory. The difference between the procedure for placing goods in temporary storage is that it can be carried out without issuing special permits and paying customs duties. The introduction of products into the customs regime and subsequent registration of a declaration will not be necessary.

Temporary storage allows you to solve the following problems:

ensure complete safety of the cargo and its quality;
provides an opportunity for a foreign trade participant to timely check products and draw up a declaration;
exclude the possibility of unauthorized persons having access to cargo, as well as unauthorized use of goods before completion of clearance;
allows customs officers to carry out examination and assessment of goods.

Goods can be placed on a temporary storage warehouse forcibly; the conditions for such a procedure will be discussed later.

In order to store cargo in a temporary storage warehouse, the owner is not obliged to place it under the customs regime and submit a customs declaration: an agreement is concluded between the owner of the goods and the temporary storage warehouse.
To place cargo in a warehouse, you need to submit a minimum package of documentation, which will be discussed below. Do you need to place goods on a temporary storage warehouse? Do you want to do this with the least amount of time and money?
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Advantages of a temporary storage warehouse at Vnukovo airport

The advantages of Vnukovo-Cargo are:

24-hour operation;
high production capacity (450 tons of cargo per day or 150,000 tons of cargo per year are processed);
processing of cargo traveling by transfer to other airports;
the ability to sort and process postal items;
license for processing and storage of numerous categories of cargo: PER, AVI, VAL, VUN, HEA, HUM, DGR, SER, BIG, CAO, OHG, VOL, DIM, DIP, FIL, HEG, MUW, OBX, PEA, NWP, GUN , WET, AOG, LHO, EAT, PEF, PES, PEM, CBV;
the ability to track cargo status, booking through an electronic system;
16 reception windows, which allows you to quickly serve customers without creating long queues.

Placing cargo at a temporary storage warehouse – what documents are needed?

In accordance with Article 102 of the Customs Code of the Russian Federation, in order to place goods for storage in a temporary storage warehouse, its owner must submit the appropriate documents. The standard package is as follows:

full information – name and location of the recipient/sender of the goods being transported, identical to the information in the accompanying documents for the cargo;
the name of the country from which the goods are exported and the country of the recipient;
names of all products;
number of units;
number of cargo places;
information about packaging and product labeling;
information about the invoice price of the goods;
gross weight or cargo volume;
product codes in accordance with the VNED classification.

This information will be sufficient to place the goods on the temporary storage warehouse. If the documentation for the goods does not contain the necessary information, the carrier can supplement the information with the help of other documents available to him, even those drawn up in any form.

The list of information can be shortened by decision of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation, taking into account the type of transport, type of cargo, as well as the category of persons importing the goods. For example, this may concern the personal belongings of diplomats, periodicals, humanitarian aid, and live animals. Customs officers do not have the right to demand more documentation.

As soon as the owner of the temporary storage warehouse has marked the acceptance of the cargo, the responsibility of the owner of the goods begins. The transfer and acceptance certificate is signed between the owner of the temporary storage warehouse and the carrier.

Shelf life of goods at temporary storage warehouse

The standard period for temporary storage of cargo at a temporary storage warehouse is up to 2 months. The storage period begins from the date of registration of documents submitted to the TS. Some goods, the list of which is approved by the CU Commission, may be stored for less than this period. If the cargo is airline passenger baggage not received by the owner, the period of stay may be extended to 6 months.

In some cases, the period of stay of goods in a temporary storage warehouse can be extended to 4 months or, conversely, reduced. To do this, you need to write a corresponding application addressed to the head of the customs point. It is important to submit this document before the end of the standard deadline. Extension of the deadline is a quick procedure; registration usually takes no more than a day.

Goods placed in a temporary storage warehouse forcibly may be stored beyond the specified period. Storage of goods already cleared by the customs service is permitted for no more than 2 days.

In what order is cargo placed at the temporary storage warehouse?

Cargoes under the customs procedure are placed at temporary storage warehouses on a voluntary basis. In some cases, goods may be forced to be placed in a temporary storage warehouse. Such situations include:

impossibility of producing products prohibited for import into the Russian Federation;
the goods were transported across the border without complying with all necessary customs procedures and paying duties and taxes;
cargo prohibited for import into Russia, for which it is impossible to apply arrest.

To force the cargo to be placed, the customs office enters into an agreement with the warehouse owner. All costs are borne by the carrier of the goods.

If, based on the results of a subsequent inspection, it turns out that the detention of the cargo of a foreign trade participant was unfounded, all costs of maintaining the products in the warehouse must be reimbursed by the customs authority that carried out the forced placement of the goods into storage.