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Source: KMZ Cargo – KMZ CARGO –
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The first stage, starting on February 11, 2026, will affect the rail transportation of sanctioned and certain excisable goods.
A mandatory shipment tracking system using electronic navigation seals will come into effect in the Eurasian Economic Union on February 1, 2026, according to the Russian Railways press service. The decision of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Board introduces a new procedure for monitoring the transportation of goods by road and rail. Practical monitoring will begin on February 11, 2026, 10 days after the decision comes into effect.
The system's implementation is planned in three stages, lasting a total of 480 days. The first stage, commencing on February 11, 2026, will cover rail transportation of sanctioned and certain excisable goods, including alcohol and tobacco, for customs transit, export, and mutual trade. In the second stage, controls will be extended to rail transportation of light industry products and electronics as part of customs transit. The third stage will cover all customs transit carried out by rail.
A navigation seal installed at the entrance to the EAEU or at the point of cargo departure within the union will be valid throughout its entire territory. Integration of operator information systems will enable monitoring of shipments from the point of departure to the final destination. For example, during transit through Russia, a seal from any authorized operator will ensure data transfer to the Russian information system.
The Russian Ministry of Transport has instructed Russian Railways, in conjunction with the Center for Corporate Transport Services (CRTSP), to conduct comprehensive preparatory work to fulfill the agreement's requirements. According to Dmitry Gorokh, Deputy Head of Freight and Commercial Operations at the Center for Corporate Transport Services, the parties have already analyzed the delivery of goods across Russia and identified the stations that will handle the bulk of the first-stage shipments. Work was also conducted to assess the technological feasibility of applying and removing seals at these stations, taking into account the number of personnel involved. The list of stations involved was then expanded based on the collected statistics.
Dmitry Gorokh noted that by the end of 2025, they plan to complete equipping newly added stations with communications services and the necessary equipment for handling navigation seals, as well as conduct a series of pilot shipments to test their interaction with the national operator's information system. He noted that the holding company already has significant experience working with such technologies. The first shipments of cargo with navigation seals on the Russian Railways network took place in 2016, and since 2020, in cooperation with CRCP LLC, over 10,000 rail shipments using them have been carried out, primarily under the rules for the transit of sanctioned cargo using GLONASS technology, approved by the Russian Government in late 2019.
As a reminder, the Russian government is launching a pilot project to use navigation seals for Eurasian Economic Union goods transported between Armenia and the Russian Federation through third countries. The experiment will run until October 31, 2025, and will serve as a practical test of mechanisms for monitoring and tracking shipments within the Union.
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Publication date: 11/01/2025
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