The article examines the most important changes in the modern dynamics of the world economy and global commodity turnover that have developed over the past years, as well as the forecasts of leading international structures regarding the evolution of global production. The main attention is paid to the current shifts that have manifested themselves in these areas at the stage of large-scale crisis shocks and the widespread counteraction to the novel coronavirus infection. The presented study uses the methodology of comparative and statistical analysis based on the latest materials, official and calculated author’s data, introduced into the Russian scientific circulation for the first time.

The article provides the characteristics of foreign trade relations between Russia and Finland at the present stage. The novelty of the article lies in the fact that it contains the latest statistics on foreign trade between the two countries. In addition, the main reasons for the turbulence in bilateral cooperation, including the introduction of economic sanctions by the European Union against Russia, are analyzed. When writing the article, the statistical and mathematical method of scientific research was actively used.

In the phrase "digital transformation", the key word is "transformation", which implies the algorithmization of not only customs activities, but also regulatory legal acts governing legal relations in the field of customs, and regulatory and technical documents governing the requirements for the products of this activity. Algorithmization will reveal gaps, contradictions in the norms and tautological definitions of terms in the norms that are in the Customs Code of the EAEU and the Federal Law "On Customs Regulation in the Russian Federation". This is especially true of the rules governing the use of a complex and knowledge-intensive legal instrument of special knowledge in an expert form. In particular, the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation does not have an order approving the customs procedure (order) for the appointment of a customs expert examination. The purpose of the customs examination is related to the selection of samples of controlled goods, which implies the application of an appropriate customs procedure for customs control. Unfortunately, the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation still lacks a scientific substantiation of statistically significant norms for the minimum quantity of goods by groups of goods. The purpose of this article is to solve the problems of analyzing legal shortcomings in the EAEU Customs Code in order to eliminate gaps, logical contradictions and tautological definitions of concepts in the EAEU Customs Code chapter on customs expert examination, as well as the correlation of the legal categories "customs expert examination" and "forensic expert examination" assigned by customs. On the basis of a systematic approach, the article substantiates the need to correct these shortcomings and offers scientifically grounded recommendations on how to correct the defects of the legal institution of customs examination, which regulates the use of a legal instrument of customs expert examination as a measure of customs control.

The article contains an analysis of the current norms of administrative legislation establishing liability for non-declaration (incorrect declaration) of cash when it is moved across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter referred to as the EAEU) in the Republic of Belarus. The author notes the direct impact of the EAEU customs legislation on the studied norms. Based on the results of the study, the need to harmonize the current legislation in the studied area was substantiated, a proposal was formulated to amend the norms of administrative legislation, which establishes responsibility for off enses against the order of customs regulation.

The article analyzes the normative legal acts regulating the issues of service in the customs authorities, their influence on the development of this institution is noted. Some legal uncertainties and contradictions of the regulatory regulation of official relations are revealed and ways of their solution are proposed. The tendency of transferring employees to the conditions of the state civil service is substantiated and the special status of civil servants of customs authorities is noted. The strategic directions of the development of the state service in the customs authorities are named.

The article is devoted to the assessment of the law enforcement activities of the customs authorities. The importance of this area of customs activity has been substantiated from the standpoint of protecting the economic security of the state and the life and health of the population. Attention is focused on the possibility of applying the rating ranking methodology for the purposes of such an assessment. It is proposed to apply the methodology with the differentiation of indicators based on the results of regional customs activities in relation to the suppression of administrative and criminal offenses.

This article examines the features associated with the movement of international postal items across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union. The author identifies three key features that determine the specifics of the movement of international mail. The article identifies the problematic points associated with the increase in the number of international postal items, and also identifies ways to solve the problems that arise. The author examines the prospects for the development of the organization of customs clearance of international postal items in the Russian Federation, taking into account the increase in their number.

The article analyzes the foreign and mutual trade of the EAEU countries by enlarged commodity groups, internal market protection measures, as well as the trade partners of the Union countries. The article considers the commodity structure of import and export in mutual and foreign trade.

Considerable attention is paid to the issues of ensuring and increasing the national security of the state in the conditions of modern development of society taking into account the influence of modern factors and trends. In connection with the change in the level and indicators of socio-economic, technological, and informational development, many threats to national security have transformed and acquired a new direction. One of these threats is the problem of smuggling, which has had a negative impact on the national economy for a long period of its development and continues to be one of the most significant threats to national security.