MOSCOW, October 25. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Customs Service (transferred more than 5.2 trillion rubles ($55.66 bln) to the federal budget since the beginning of the year, acting head of the department Ruslan Davydov said on Wednesday.

"As of today, the Federal Customs Service of Russia has collected more than 5.2 trillion rubles in customs payments, including 3.9 trillion [rubles] from import payments. Thus, the forecast target for import payments for the entire 2023 has already been completed by 101%," Davydov said.

He also noted that this year customs payments will be higher than last year by around 200-300 bln rubles ($2.13-3.19 bln).