The event was opened with welcoming remarks by Tadzio Schilling, CEO of AEB, Wilhelmina Shawshina, Chair of the AEB Customs and Transport Committee, and Masakazu Uchikura, Board Member of JBC.

AEB experts delivered presentations on key topics, including:

• Parallel imports and logistics - Ilya Titov, ADVANT Beiten, 
• Sourcing and international payments in new reality - Wijnand Herinckx, HTS Rus,
• Inclusion of agent fees in customs value - Andrey Gavrilov, Melling, Voitishkin & Partners

Tetsuya Umetsu, Head of the JETRO Representative Office, provided an overview of the outcomes of the December meeting of the JBC Customs Committee. Hibiki Hirahara, a representative of TOYO TRANS, shared an analysis of the current situation in Japan-Russia container transportation, highlighting the main challenges and trends in this area.

The meeting served as an important platform for exchanging experiences and discussing current issues in customs regulation and international logistics, fostering stronger dialogue between the business communities of Russia and Japan.