The Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance responds to the entry of the tanker “NOSTOS” into the Kulevi terminal with a statement.

As the agency explains, on January 8 of this year, the Liberian-flagged ship “NOSTOS” (registration number 9258014) entered the Kulevi seaport, loaded with 40,143 tons of crude oil intended for import customs procedure, sent from a Russian company by one of the foreign intermediary companies to a Georgian company (the agency refrains from elaborating on the names of the companies and disseminating information containing tax secrets).

According to the Revenue Service, as a result of the screening carried out by the Maritime Transport Agency of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, it has been confirmed that international sanctions do not apply to the ship and the company owning the ship, as well as the cargo.

"Consequently, it entered the country in full compliance with the legislation and the cargo was placed under the import procedure.

The Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance and the Georgian Maritime Transport Agency coordinate and constantly carry out inspections of both ships and shipowners in relation to international sanctions, and if a ship or shipowner is on the sanctions list, it is not allowed to enter Georgian ports and carry out customs procedures.

The Revenue Service, within its competence, constantly implements appropriate measures and tightened control in order to prevent attempts to use the customs territory of Georgia to evade sanctions," the Revenue Service states.