Customs
administration of Ukraine
Mission
The State Customs Service of Ukraine (SCSU) is a specially authorized
central body of executive power in the area of customs practice that was
created in 1991 with the mission to direct, co-ordinate, and control the
activities of customs authorities, specialized customs institutions and
organizations in implementing the laws of Ukraine on customs practice.
Ukrainian
Customs is oriented towards the efficient fulfilment
of the following basic tasks:
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implement and control over compliance with the
legislation of Ukraine on customs;
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protect Ukraine's economic interests;
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secure implementation of obligations prescribed by
international agreements on customs practice to which Ukraine is a party;
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assist the defense of intellectual
property rights of people involved in foreign economic activity, and other
legal entities and natural persons;
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apply, in accordance with the law, tariff and
non-tariff regulatory measures upon movement of goods through the customs
border of Ukraine;
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implement customs control and customs clearance of
goods and vehicles crossing the customs border of Ukraine, and improve the
means and forms of such implementation;
-
control compliance with the rules of movement of
currency values through the customs border of Ukraine;
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implement, in cooperation with other authorized state
power bodies, the measures aimed at securing the interest of goods consumers,
and at ensuring that participants in foreign economic relations adhere to the
state interests on the external market;
-
create favorable conditions
for speeding up the goods turnover and flow of passengers through the customs
border of Ukraine;
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fight against contraband and violations of customs
rules;
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develop international cooperation in the area of
customs practice;
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compile customs statistics;
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maintain the Ukrainian Classification of Commodities
of Foreign Economic Activity;
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verify (ascertain the authenticity of) certificates of
origin of goods from Ukraine.
Goals
To comply
with its mission the customs administration of Ukraine has been working towards
the following important goals, among others:
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the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures,
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trade supply chain security,
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the facilitation of international
trade,
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the enhancement of customs
enforcement and compliance activities,
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anti-counterfeiting and piracy
initiatives,
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public-private
partnerships.
Contact
Chairman Mr. Valeriy
Khoroshkovskiy
appointed on 24
December 2007
Official adress The
State Customs Service of Ukraine
11-g, Dehtiarivska Str., Kyiv, Ukraine,
04119
Tel:
(044) 247-28-36, 489-02-24, 481-18-81; Fax: (044)
481-18-89, 481-18-38
E-mail: dmsu@customs.gov.ua
inter@customs.gov.ua
Member of the following
international/regional organizations
WCO, WTO, BSEC, GUAM,
CIS
International Conventions signed by Ukraine
relating to customs matters
WCO
Conventions
- Convention establishing a Customs Co-operation
Council
- Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description
and Coding System
- Convention on Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention)
- International Convention on the simplification and
harmonization of Customs procedures (Kyoto Convention) as amended
- International Convention on mutual administrative
assistance for the prevention, investigation and repression of Customs offences
(Nairobi Convention)
- Customs Convention on Containers
UNECE
Transport Agreements and Conventions
- Customs Convention on the International Transport of
Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention)
- International Convention on the Harmonization of
Frontier Controls of Goods
- Agreement on the International Carriage of
Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage
(ATP)
General information
Official
name Ukraine
Capital Kyiv
Official
language Ukrainian
Area 603.700 sq km
Population 46.263.079
Currency Hryvnia
National
Day 24
August
