Vocabulary Exercises. Reading Comprehension Questions

Reading Comprehension Questions

1.What provides an important foundation for CLEAR-PAC’s further development?

2. What are the next steps being taken by CLEAR-PAC?

3. How can the benefits of expedited customs processing be made available to more trade partners?

4. Where is the transit module currently being tested?

5. What do Customs officials think of the new application program?

6. Why do they call it a valuable asset to their operations?

7. What will enable CLEAR-PAC to fully automate customs clearance on Sakhalin?

8. In what way will costs associated with moving goods to Russia be reduced?

9. What is the purpose of the U.S.-Russia Trade Facilitation Link?

10. Do you think the link will be compliantwith Russian customs regulations?

Explain the meaning of these words and phrases within the text

positive recognition; preliminary electronic customs processing; the benefits of expedited customs processing; transit cargo processing;positive feedback; efficient customs processing; pilot operations; significant reduction of the clearance time; to connect electronically; shipping agents; to transmit shipment data securely; via the customs broker; compliantwith Russian customs regulations

Fill in the gaps with active words and word combinations from the box given below

1. The majority of shipments processed during the testing period were cleared and released to the importers within 30 minutes to two hours after the ….

2. This is a significant … from the several days to sometimes weeks normally seen without preliminary electronic processing.

3. Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov issued a directive to Ministry of Trade, State Customs Committee, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Provision and others to consider ways "to participate in … of the CLEAR-PAC project".

4. The State Customs Committee proposed to the Russian Government that a special program be launched to further develop the CLEAR-PAC model on a national level and to create one … that would connect all federal certifying agencies.

5. It allows the broker to electronically prepare and file with Customs all required … and customs declaration before the cargo reaches the Russian port.

6. Also prior to cargo arrival, the customs inspector is able to review the documents, electronically request more information from the broker, and make decisions regarding each stage of the….

7. CLEAR-PAC is based on the idea of preliminary … and applies user-friendly Windows technology.

8. The results of the Pilot Study were significant and demonstrated that it is possible … through Russian Customs by providing notification of shipping data electronically prior to cargo arrival.

9. With active … provided by Far East and Sakhalin Customs, CLEAR-PAC began processing Sakhalin—bound shipments comprised of oil and gas equipment as well as office furniture for Sakhalin Energy Investment Consortium's new office building in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

10. Despite the complexity of the types of cargo processed on Sakhalin, … that normally might take one to two or more weeks, have taken on average one and a half business days for ocean cargo and just a few hours for air shipments.

clearances; improvement; shipping documents; cargo’s arrival; electronic customs processing; implementation; to expedite cargo movement; clearance process; support and guidance; electronic environment

Find words or phrases in the text that mean the following

making easy; amount of goods transported; response to an event, experiment; very useful thing; obedient; preparatory; placement (of equipment, for example) in position ready for use; advancement; examined; elaborators; to supply with favourable or helpful factors; important lowering in price; in a free from trouble way

Write out words and phrases from the text that are necessary to speak about

a) preliminary customs processing prior to cargo arrival in Russia;

b) customs -related software

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