A car recycling plant near Vladivostok was allowed to import used foreign cars without duties

The Terminator company of the former mayor of Vladivostok Vitaly Verkeenko, which is building a plant for the recycling and recycling of old cars, has received the right to import goods and materials from abroad without duties due to its residency in the TOP. This is not only regarding foreign equipment for equipping production lines, but also regarding raw materials, including used cars.

As a reminder, Terminator is building the first car and truck recycling plant in the Far East on the De-Vries peninsula in the Nadezhdinsky district. launched project in 2017 by the future mayor of Vladivostok Vitaly Verkeenko, who now lives in Japan. According to IAS Seldon.Basis, the general director of Terminator LLC is Vitaly Turmov, the co-owners are TX Sumotori (51%) and the Japanese JSC Arai Shoji (49%). The ex-mayor is the main owner of TX Sumotori, but his share was pledged to businessman Denis Sarana, the founder of the Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port and now figurant high-profile criminal case.

It is assumed that the plant will accept used cars and trucks, as well as their components. Finished products – ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastic and glass – will be supplied to Russian and foreign industrial enterprises for secondary use, including those used in the production of new cars. The auto parts remaining as a result of the production process suitable for further use are planned to be supplied to the Russian and foreign markets.

Raw materials – used cars – the plant plans to import. Also, for deep and completely environmentally safe processing, the plant needs to bring high-tech and environmentally friendly equipment from abroad.

The enterprise will be able to import equipment and raw materials under a preferential procedure, which is provided for by the status of a ASEZ resident. For this purpose, the first customs control zone (CCZ) was created at the Nadezhdinskaya ASEZ for the application of the free customs zone (FCZ) procedure. The STZ will allow the investor to equip the enterprise with modern equipment, import raw materials for processing duty-free and sell processed products on the Russian market at a minimum rate. Such a procedure, for example, helped builders of the hotel on Shamor to import duty-free finishing materials and equipment for the hotel from China. Previously, only a few people used this opportunity.

“Today, we are expanding the practice of applying the customs procedure of a free customs zone. There are already examples of successful implementation of these preferences. Residents open ZTK for different purposes and tasks. For example, someone for the construction of facilities, someone for the processing of imported goods and the production of products for domestic consumption. In the region where the Vladivostok Customs operates, there are currently 6 ZTKs. Including the resident of the TOP “Nadezhdinskaya” “Terminator”. The ZTK was opened by a resident for duty-free importation of goods for the purpose of further processing and sale on the domestic market. It is in this case that this preference enables the participant of foreign economic activity to import expensive equipment for the enterprise into the territory of the ZTK, which will be completely exempt from customs duties. And when the produced goods are released to the domestic market, they must pay customs duties at the rates of raw materials,” said Konstantin Ponomarev, First Deputy Head of the Vladivostok Customs.

Used cars will also be accepted for recycling from Russian suppliers. The Terminator plant will be able to process 8,000 cars a year. Commissioning is scheduled for the 2nd quarter of 2023. According to the KRDV, the volume of investments amounted to 152.8 million rubles.