In order to identify the risks arising during customs clearance and customs control, a huge layer of information is analyzed. Customs officials use the sources of information available in the customs authority.

Sources of information used to identify risks by customs officials

databases of electronic copies submitted, as well as registered and issuedDT;
databases of electronic notifications about the direction of goods;
databases of electronic copies of customs value declarations (DTS) and adjustments to the customs value (CCC);
databases of electronic copies of customs receipt orders (TPO);
databases of preliminary information;
databases of arrival of international transport vehicles on the territory of the Russian Federation;
databases of international transport vehicles;
databases of actual export of goods;
NSI electronic reference books;
databases of electronic journals;
central register of subjectsForeign economic activity(CRSVED);
databases of information exchange with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF);
databases of information exchange with the State Customs Service of Ukraine (GTS of Ukraine);
databases of information exchange with the Ministry of State Revenue of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
databases of information exchange with the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus;
databases of information exchange with the General Customs Administration of the People's Republic of China;
databases of information exchange with customs services of other foreign states (as appropriate agreements are concluded);
EU foreign trade databases;
databases of foreign trade of the CIS member states;
databases on the results of foreign trade of the IMF;
UN Foreign Trade Databases (Comtrade);
international trade databases;
databases of transaction passports;
central database on currency control;
samples of stamps of authorized banks and other competent authorities used for the purposes of currency control and control over the execution of foreign trade barter transactions;
databases of information exchange with ministries, federal services and agencies, as well as other organizations (as appropriate agreements are concluded);
databases containing information about criminal cases and cases of administrative offenses;
unified information database of law enforcement agencies for the exchange of information on individuals and legal entities suspected of illegal trafficking and smuggling of weapons;
price information provided to the customs authorities by producers of goods, subjects of foreign economic activity, carriers and other organizations whose activities are related to the implementation of foreign trade in goods and their professional associations (associations);
databases created independently;
paper carriers of DT, TD, DTS, CTS, acts of customs inspections (inspections), as well as commercial and transport documents;
operational information;
appeals and complaints of citizens and legal entities;
requests and information from other controlling state bodies, local self-government bodies and public associations;
requests of deputies of federal and local representative bodies of state power;
information obtained from the mass media;
information obtained as a result of operational investigative activities;
information obtained as a result of the investigation of criminal cases and cases of administrative offenses;
information contained in legal acts issued based on the results of inspections of the activities of customs authorities;
information provided by the subjects of foreign economic activity on a voluntary basis;
information contained in the acts of the legislation of the Russian Federation regulating customs and foreign economic activity;
information obtained using inspection and inspection complexes;
other sources of information, including own analytical materials, information from independent sources of information, price lists of manufacturers of goods, price lists,analysismarket conditions, Internet information network data.

The analysis of information is carried out, as a rule, according to the activities of customs departments and in accordance with standard criteria for classifying goods and foreign economic transactions to risk groups. At the same time, a variety of methods are used, among which we can mention traditional mathematical and statistical methods, targeted methods, both developed specifically for this risk profile, and formulated by an employee of the customs authority independently.