Customs & indirect tax
Customs duty, import VAT and excise are charged on every consignment, and a classification error repeats with each one. We help importers and exporters get classification, value and origin right — and recover what was overpaid when they were not.
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How we work
Classification, valuation, VAT and excise on goods crossing the border.
We advise on the treatment of goods crossing the Azerbaijani border: tariff classification, customs value, origin and the preferences it unlocks, and the customs procedures — temporary import, processing, warehousing — that defer or relieve duty.
Inside the country we advise on VAT and excise through the supply chain, including VAT on services bought from non-residents, and we represent clients in customs audits and disputes.
Our projects
Work we have done
First Azerbaijani-flag registration of a non-self-propelled drilling unit
A non-self-propelled drilling unit had never been registered under the Azerbaijani flag. We registered the first one, the “Neptune” drilling rig, enabling Caspian Oilfield Services, a Dubai-based offshore drilling contractor, to start a long-term drilling campaign with Umid Babek Operating Company in the Caspian.Read the caseRenewable energyAzerbaijan’s first auction-based renewable energy project
The first renewable energy project in Azerbaijan procured through a competitive auction. As lead counsel to the investor, Universal Solar Co., Ltd., we took a 100 MW solar plant in Gobustan from project agreements to the start of construction.Read the caseWhat we do
Our customs and indirect tax work includes:
- Tariff classification of goods
- Customs valuation and rules of origin
- Customs procedures: temporary import, inward processing and customs warehousing
- Import VAT and excise
- VAT on domestic supplies and on services from non-residents
- Customs and VAT exemptions for investment projects
- Customs audits, appeals and recovery of overpaid duties
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Marine Plaza, 3rd floor, Uzeyir Hajibeyli 62, AZ 1010, Baku. A partner replies within one business day.
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