Ruslan Davydov, Minister in charge of Customs Cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, told about digital tools that are already applied across the EAEU and are considered promising against illegal importation of children's products at the thematic session of the Anti-Counterfeiting 2025 International Forum in Minsk.

The Head of the EEC Customs Unit highlighted three main digitalization tools: navigation seals, digital labelling of goods and electronic document flow both in moving goods across the Union's customs border and within the Union.

According to Ruslan Davydov, digital labelling is already widely used in the EAEU countries. The labelling coverage of various product groups might be different from state to state but the work is being done and allows tracing the legality of circulation of a given product item.

The EEC Minister reminded that the Five countries will start using navigation seals from February 2026 — a relevant decision was taken by the Commission's Board. The introduction of electronic documents in transportation of goods is a logical step in shaping a digital ecosystem and further work to improve the transparency of imports and goods turnover.

"The introduction of these tools will ultimately allow generating big data on movement of goods that will be analyzed not only by customs authorities but also by other interested controlling entities, which will help identify questionable and dangerous shipments including of children's products," Ruslan Davydov mentioned.

The EEC Minister has added in his statement that at the instruction of Heads of Government of the EAEU Member States the Commission monitors and analyzes declaration of goods imported to the EAEU and the results of this analysis prove to be useful in combating imports of illegal products.

"In July this year, the Commission's Board adopted a recommendation for the EAEU Member States to take further measures aimed at verifying the accuracy of filling in the box 31 of the customs declaration, namely whether the description of imported clothes and shoes is complete. We understand that when a declaration lacks the product identification number, model, manufacturer and trademark, it is much more difficult to control the legality of importation," Ruslan Davydov summed up.

He also stressed the need for active joint work by public authorities of all EAEU Member States to synchronize their efforts in combating counterfeiting and fake goods.