THE ROLE OF THE CUSTOMS SERVICE AS A TOOL TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF THE FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
The author identifies the problems of customs services of foreign economic activity and emphasizes their importance. The article illustrates the issues of customs service facilitation, their impact on competitiveness of the foreign trade participants. The author analyses the performance indicators of customs bodies, their composition and structure.
Keywords: customs service, foreign economic activity (FEA), the index of LPI, the rating of the
World Bank, the promotion of foreign trade.
Roman V. Fedorenko, candidate of Economics, Associate Professor, Samara State University of Economics.