# -*- coding: cp1251 -*- Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Balandina Galina Author-Name-First: Galina Author-Name-Last: Balandina Author-Workplace-Name: RANEPA Title: Customs administration: novation of 2019 Abstract: In the World Bank’s latest "Doing Business – 2020" rating, the Russian Federation is rated again the 99th as regards the "Trading across borders" line, while in the overall rating Russia moves steadily upwards from year to year, having attained the 28th place.2 However, 2019 saw important IT-related changes in customs clearance procedures of Russia`s customs administration. Classification-JEL: F10, F13 Keywords: Russian economy, foreign trade, customs regulation Creation-Date: 2020 Revision-Date: 2020 Length: 8 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2020-1058.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2020 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2020-1058