
Jovita Dobrovalskienė
Jovita, currently retired, was a compliance and training manager at UAB “Muita”. Her focus area was customs decisions. She consulted companies on the way to receiving the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) certification, and helped to establish and document necessary processes and procedures. Jovita also helped companies to receive other customs-related authorizations (customs warehousing, inward processing, etc.).
She conducted onsite and online training for businesses from the logistics, manufacturing, and trade sectors on customs subjects. Jovita was an author of articles published in the journal “Customs Law for Practitioners”.
Her previous experience of over 20 years is in Internal Controls, Treasury, and as a Tax and accounting manager at an international manufacturing company, responsible for customs-related and other taxes, as well as its accounting and compliance.
Jovita is a Certified Internal Auditor, certified by the Institute of Internal Auditors, Florida, USA; for many years, she has also been a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Master's degree in Finance.
Services: training, consulting, auditing
Topics: AEO certification, customs-related authorizations, taxes
Industries: logistics, manufacturing, trade
Content by Jovita Dobrovalskienė
Customs clearance and trade compliance in the EU course
By Leonardo Macedo
In the EU, companies - various stakeholders of the international supply chain - report shortage of customs clearance and trade compliance specialists. The overall aim of the course is to fill the gap. This extensive course provides newcomers and cross-functional employees with the knowledge needed to successfully manage compliance and...
Excise related to import and export in the EU
Excise duties are indirect taxes on the sale or use of specific products such as alcohol, tobacco and energy. Together with customs duties and VAT, they are among the taxes that must be calculated and indicated in the customs declaration. The focus of this course is on the activities required...
Extinction of customs debt - does it include VAT and excise?
Knowing how provisions of one or another customs and tax legislation are applied, protects business from financial and time losses intended for the resolution of disputes in courts. In this review of the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union, we draw attention to the aspects related...
Retrospective termination of the export procedure in the EU
Retrospective termination of the export procedure due to Brexit: different formalities of the EU member states using the example of Lithuania and Germany. In this article, we would like to address a topic that is not entirely new but which is still frequently invoked and raises many questions. In particular,...
Do we have time to prepare for the introduction of trade defence measures?
Importers, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, are often unaware of trade defence instruments (TDIs) and face the consequences of newly introduced measures unprepared, thus incurring unforeseen costs. Is it possible to prepare for this and thus, albeit partially, manage the risks associated with the introduction of TDIs? One mean to...
AEO: a look at other countries’ programmes and mutual recognition agreements
Continuing the overview launched a year ago, we present a review of the AEO Compendium 2020 published by the World Customs Organization (WCO). There was in the previous review mentioned that, following Brexit, the EU and the United Kingdom are likely to sign an agreement on the mutual recognition of...
Inward processing: did you know that…?
Continuing the topic of Inward Processing launched in August article under the heading “Processing Procedures: Examination of Economic Conditions”, I would like to draw attention to a several changes brought about by the new Union Customs Code and, possibly, opportunities less frequently applied by economic operators: release for free circulation...
EU VAT e-commerce package: questions raised by express and postal operators in Lithuania
Although quite some time has elapsed since the announcement of the amendments to the provisions on distance selling of goods and the EU Council has adopted a number of documents setting out implementing measures for the VAT e-commerce package and details of the operation of the VAT one-stop-shop since the...
Processing procedures: examination of economic conditions
This article is relevant for those who intend to use inward processing or outward processing customs procedures or already apply them and would like to modify their application. There are many rules and features of the procedures. Some are perhaps better known and applied, others less frequently. This time, the...
What you need to know about the EORI number and national differences in EU countries
Although the business form, such as the relocation of production to another country under an outsourcing agreement is already considered as a fairly common form of business, third-country companies still face challenges in supplying raw materials to their processing sites. One of them is obtaining an EORI number when a...
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Excise related to import and export in the EU
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Retrospective termination of the export procedure in the EU
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