Trucks formed queues stretching between five to seven kms at Finnish-Russian border points after Russian customs checking procedures were tightened.
Published:
31 May 2000 y., Wednesday
At the Vaalimaa crossing the queue was some seven kms long while the line at Nuijamaa extended five kilometres due to tougher inspection methods adopted by Russian customs which came into effect May 20. The line-ups of trucks -- which over the weekend were over 10 kms long at both crossing points -- was likely to worsen on Monday as regular weekly business traffic began. The majority of trucks affected were Russian. Finland is a key gateway for transport to and from Russia. According to Finnish customs, exports to Russia from Finland totalled 9.5 billion markka ($1.48 billion) in 1999 and imports were 12.7 billion. ($1=6.415 Markka).
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