Ukraine's fiscal service boasts of almost full digitalization of customs declarations

From January 1 to October 15, 2017, it processed 2.6 million customs declarations, which was 16.7% up on the same period last year, it said.

Under the Customs Code of Ukraine, customs clearance should be completed within four working hours (240 minutes) since the arrival of commodities or commercial vehicles subject to customs registration if all necessary documents and related information are available.

Read alsoFiscal Service: 64,000 cars from EU now without proper registration in Ukraine In September 2017, the limit period for customs registration of goods that did not require additional customs formalities after an automatic analysis of possible risks was 44 minutes for exports, 131 minutes for imports and 18 minutes for transit, the fiscal service said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the Ukrainian customs transferred UAH 223.6 billion (US$8.4 billion) to the national budget in January-September 2017, which was 10.8% up on the plans for the respective period. The sum was 34%, or UAH 56.7 billion, up on the same period of 2016.