The government has approved a draft Customs Code based on EU standards for accession to the union. The new rules will simplify logistics and customs procedures for businesses.
During the first four months of 2026, imports of goods totaled $32. 2 billion, while exports reached $13.9 billion. Ukraine's trade deficit increased by 59.1 percent.
The suspects imported 4,700 vehicles as humanitarian aid for the Armed Forces of Ukraine through charitable foundations. The vehicles were illegally sold online for profit.
Volyn customs officers seized 8 undeclared luxury bags from bus passengers at the Yahodyn checkpoint. The offenders will pay a fine of 30 percent of the goods' value.
The negative balance of trade in goods reached $13. 3 billion with a trade turnover of $33.5 billion. The most imports came from China, and exports went to Poland.
The Cabinet of Ministers appointed Orest Mandziy as the head of customs based on the results of the competition. The new head is expected to reform and ensure the transparency of the customs system.
The State Customs Service confirmed the detention of its employee on suspicion of murdering a serviceman. The agency is cooperating with the investigation to clarify the events.
Police detained a customs officer for the murder of a serviceman during notification measures in Lviv. The victim sustained a neck injury and died in the hospital.
"A candidate who scored 17 out of 100 points reached the final of the customs chief competition, simply because he is from NABU" - experts criticized competitions for state bodies.
Kyiv customs stopped the illegal export of valuable items to the USA, France, and Italy. Experts identified authentic jewelry and tools.
Journalists have uncovered business ties between members of the commission for selecting the head of the State Customs Service and candidate Vladyslav Suvorov. The commission denies a conflict of interest, despite their past joint work.
In the first two months of 2026, 244 cases of drug smuggling and over a ton of precursors were detected. The majority of violations were recorded at the border with Poland.
The commission for selecting the head of the State Customs Service will take into account information about the assets of Vladyslav Suvorov and his relatives. His possible connections with Yanukovych's inner circle will also be checked.
The agency confirmed only the audit for 2020. New apartments and cars of the official's family, purchased after 2020, remain outside the NACP's attention for now.
A resident of Rivne region tried to send a unique Prussian Pickelhaube by mail without permission. The artifact has historical value and was seized by customs.
The Deputy Head of the State Customs Service does not initiate checks on more than 10,000 fake EUR. 1 certificates. Meanwhile, his family is buying elite housing and cars.
Electricity supply and the operation of departmental registers at the border have been fully restored. The processing of vehicles and citizens is now carried out without restrictions.
Ternopil customs officers discovered 605 Labubu toys with signs of intellectual property infringement. The processing of the batch was stopped to prevent sales.
A metal icon and a copper cross from the 18th-19th centuries were handed over to the art museum. The valuables were seized during an attempt to illegally send them abroad by mail.
MPs demand an audit of Vladyslav Suvorov's assets before his appointment. The official's family owns elite real estate and cars worth millions of hryvnias.
The competition for the head of the State Customs Service is entering its final stage, with Vladyslav Suvorov among the favorites. His career path and family wealth raise questions about a possible revanche of the old customs elites.
On the M-15 highway (Odesa – Reni), the movement of freight transport, buses, and minibuses is temporarily restricted due to bad weather. Passenger cars move without restrictions, and checkpoints operate as usual.
The head of customs clearance department No. 6 of Odesa customs was exposed for receiving bribes. He took money for each container and promised to reduce customs payments.
The parliament is working on restoring open competitions for public positions, which were canceled due to martial law. This issue is relevant for obtaining 50 billion euros from the EU and preventing corruption.
Kyiv customs officers prevented the illegal export of a rare 18th-century Latin book and handed it over to the Odesa National Scientific Library. This is the second volume of Johann Georg Gmelin's work, published in 1749, which will now be available to scholars and researchers.
International commissions are increasingly recognizing candidates from NABU and SAP as dishonest, but they continue to work. The internal control units of anti-corruption bodies do not react to these facts.
Due to a failure in Moldova's customs databases caused by a blackout, traffic was temporarily suspended at the border with Ukraine. Movement was fully restored after the central databases resumed operation.
The State Customs Service announced the full resumption of vehicle and goods passage at the Ukrainian-Moldovan border. This happened after the restoration of the central databases of the customs authorities of the Republic of Moldova.
In Bukovyna, customs officers discovered a hidden cargo at the Dyakivtsi-Rakovets checkpoint. The driver attempted to smuggle a drone, cigarettes, and non-ferrous scrap metal worth over 10 million UAH into Romania.
Kyiv customs officers handed over 62 items seized during customs control to the National Scientific and Natural History Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Among them are a mammoth tooth, ancient eurypterids, Jurassic mollusks, and a stuffed rare bird.
