Press-uz.info website reported that officers of State Customs Committee, State Tax Committee, Uzstandard Agency, Anti-Monopoly Committee, Assay Office, Interior Ministry inspected trade complex and customs warehouse of Chorsu-Savdo, which stored imported goods.

The report said official director-general of Turkuaz – Chorsu Savdo Markazi LLC Mustafa Uner, citizen of Turkey, and its actual head – main representative of Gunes Tekstil Konfession can ve tic ltd stl Turkia Gunesh Vahit were behind the violations.

These citizens of Turkey imported goods and jewelry to Uzbekistan with counterfeit documents. In these papers, they decreased number and the cost of goods to evade from payment of customs duties.

Imported jewelry were traded through various structures at trade complex, including such firms as Patima Biznes, Ratana Plus, Agat Bisnes Gold, Zafar Malika Gold, Sabina Gold, Irma Gold Trade, Ninosar Trade, Yuzbashi Gold, Taka Trade, Kassiopeya Gold, Atlas Travel. The sellers traded these illegal good without registration of sales.

The report said that this was proved by tax officers, who made controlling purchases at several shops of the complex. At inspection financial activity of the shops, the tax officers revealed numerous violations. The quality of jewelry products is also doubtful and Assay Office is checking revealed facts of faked assay at the products.

Turkish businessmen also concealed goods. At inspection of customs warehouse and revise of goods it was revealed that over 17,919 goods, which were imported by Sibuz Invest LLC of trade center, were missing.

Soon, it was revealed that all these goods were already realized without corresponding customs registration. Some 5.2 tonnes of goods, imported by Fora Seafood LLC were also sold without paying customs duties and registration.

Warehouse at the third floor of the complex with the area of 2,000 square meters were fully filled with various goods. Turkuaz administration could not explain origin of goods or present any documents for them. Currently, law enforcement bodies are investigating the case.

Shahitashkent LLC, knitting shop, and Troya café, as well as some other premises were built illegally. Officers of State Tax Committee, Uzstandard and Epidemiology Service recorded several violations in their activities and their work were suspended. Ready products of the shop were directed to expertise to determine their correspondence to state standards.

Director of Emir Tekstil Emir Kuzan, citizen of Turkey, said that Gunes Vahit presented sewing-machines, which did not get customs clearance, to enterprise to produce infringing merchandise. The criminal case has been opened against director of the shop and it was submitted to Prosecutors Office of Shaihantahur district of Tashkent city.

The shops at the first floor of the trade complex also traded infringing goods, which were produced at the same place by Rota Tex Trade led by Turkish citizen Ojak Abdulla. Over 100,000 products for almost 1 billion soums were seized. At the same time, the tax officers detained infringing goods for 6 billion soums at the warehouses of Rota Tex Trade.

The report said that Matif Trade LLC warehouse led by Uner Hayrittin has been used to replace marks of goods to hide information about them and expiration dates.