The purpose of this thesis was to find out what procedures are needed to import raw wood from Russia to Finland. The goal was to possibly develop the existing procedures for both Customs’ employees and clients. One of the authors is currently working and pursuing a career in Finnish Customs.

The information for this thesis was gathered mostly on the Internet because it was such a recent topic and only updated information could be used. The used literature was Customs’ codex and legislation books. Furthermore, the inside information from the Customs was an important asset.

The research was done by a questionnaire that was handed personally to the randomly picked sample group. Contrary to expectations, the sample group was small itself and only half of them ended up responding which weakened the validity of the research.