Kazakh PM forecasts goods smuggling upon Customs Union establishment

sp;ASTANA.  November 17. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ Today at the Government's session Prime Minister Karim Massimov expressed concern over growth of smuggling of  Chinese goods through the Kyrgyz territory.

"Creation of the Customs Union will cause high illegal goods turnover from China to Kyrgyzstan and from Kyrgyzstan to China since rates of duties in Customs Union and in Kyrgyzstan will differ significantly. Therefore to my mind, we will face large smuggling of goods. Our colleagues in Customs Union in particular the Russian Federation officials are concerned over this issue", Massimov said.