Russia has decided to include the Magadan customs terminal of Magadan sea port in the list of Russian Far East customs bodies authorized to provide customs clearance and control of certain products, reads Decree No. 1391 of the Federal Customs Service of Russia dated August 3, 2009 and entitled "About the changes of Decree No. 1514 dated December 2, 2008."
The list in question was initially confirmed by the Decree of the Federal Customs Service No. 1514 of December 2, 2008 in order to ensure the effectiveness of Russia's customs legislation and the adjustment of customs clearance of such goods as, in particular, ferrous metal waste and scrap, copper, nickel, zinc and aluminum waste and scrap, and also magnesium, titanium, antimony, zirconium and chromium waste and scrap.
Thus, the special customs terminals in Russia, which are authorized to make customs examination of exported ferrous and non-ferrous scrap are the following:
1. Novomoskovsk terminal, Smolensk customs
2. Murmansk sea port terminal, Murmansk customs
3. Gavan terminal, Baltic customs
4. Kaliningrad sea port terminal, N.S. Khazov of Kaliningrad regional customs
5. Rostov-on-Don river port terminal, Rostov customs
6. Taganrog sea port terminal, Taganrog customs
7. Samara terminal, Samara customs
8. Chelyabinsk terminal, Chelyabinsk customs
9. Krasnoyarsk terminal, Krasnoyarsk customs
10. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky sea port terminal, Kamchatka customs
11. Magadan sea port terminal, Magadan customs
In March 30, 2009 the Russian government prohibited scrap shipments via Vostochny, Nakhodka, Vladivostok, and other ports, including Magadan, with the only port left available to scrap traders in the Russian Far East region being the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky sea port, Kamchatka customs.