Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Evgeny G. Anisimov Author-Email: an-33@rambler.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of the Russian Customs Academy Author-Name: Vladimir E. Novikov Author-Email: nic_215@mail.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Customs Business of Research Institute of the Russian Customs Academy Author-Name: Sergey V. Shkodinsky Author-Email: shkodinskiy.sv@niisp.ru Author-Workplace-Name: State Research Institute of System Analysis, Russia Title: Methodical Approaches to the Assessment of the Amount of Grey Imports and Loss of the Revenue Part of the Federal Budget Abstract: The scientific article actualizes the problem in estimate of the grey imports amount, the characteristics of various methods of this evaluation are given: the method of “mirror” statistics, the method of the domestic market analysis, expert method, summarization of their advantages and disadvantages. The authors present a set of tools for methods of “mirror” statistics and the analysis of the domestic market application. The article also provides a methodical approach to assessing the impact of grey imports on the revenues of the federal budget. Classification-JEL: Keywords: grey import, illegal movement of goods, the customs value, the loss of the federal budget, the method of “mirror” statistics, balance of payments methodology, expert method Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 35-42 Issue: 3 Year: 2015 Month: June File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2015/3/statii/04.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:150304:p:35-42