The article is devoted to the identification of key areas of modernization of customs administration of the Russian Federation, under the conditions of formation and development integration trends. Involvement in the integration process necessitates changes in the model of the customs administration of the state. This in turn should be a driving economic consolidation, including the regional. The paper identified a number of shortcomings of a functioning management system of foreign economic activity, identified ways to improve customs administration in the light of the integration process.
Keywords: Economic integration, customs administration, the participants of foreign economic activity, customs, import, export.