Accreditation at the customs or registration at the customs is the first necessary step for your company to conduct foreign economic activities. Customs accreditation is also required for Ukrainian and foreign carriers.
Without accreditation of the transport company at the customs, it will not be able to transport goods that are imported into Ukraine, exported from Ukraine, as well as moved in transit.
General provisions regarding customs accreditation:
If the charter of your enterprise provides for the right to carry out foreign economic activities (or you are an individual entrepreneur), according to the legislation of Ukraine you have the right to conclude foreign economic agreements (contracts) and, accordingly, to export or import goods and services.
If it is necessary to carry out customs clearance of goods before the moment of such clearance, the enterprise should apply to the customs authority and become registered, i.e. accredited with the customs. As a result, you will be included in the relevant register and will be able to carry out foreign trade activities throughout the territory of Ukraine.
Accreditation is carried out once and is valid on the whole territory of Ukraine, customs authorities do not charge a fee for registration of you as a subject of foreign economic activity. Lack of accreditation of the enterprise at the customs is the basis for refusal in customs clearance of cargoes, which belong to it or are transported.
The procedure for registration with the customs authorities:
In 2024, the accreditation of an enterprise at customs has been considerably simplified. For this purpose, the representative of the enterprise (or on his behalf - a customs broker) only needs to submit to the customs office an application in the form approved by the order of the Ministry of Finance No. 552 of 15.06.2015. Customs receives all other information about the company from the State Registers. If there are no comments to the application, the registration is usually carried out within one working day.
A legal entity or an individual entrepreneur can independently register using the portal of the State Customs Service "Single Window for International Trade", for this purpose the director of the company should submit a corresponding application with a qualified electronic signature.
An enterprise may be refused accreditation in the following cases:
- the application is filled out in violation of the requirements of the order;
- incorrect or inaccurate information has been entered in the application;
- the information specified in the application does not correspond to the data of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Physical Entrepreneurs and Public Formations.
Deregistration takes place automatically after the State Customs Service receives information on the entry in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities of information on the state registration of the termination of a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur.
Accreditation of a foreign carrier:
From 01 July 2021, the State Customs Service also requires foreign carriers to be registered with Ukrainian customs.
The following documents and data are required to register a foreign carrier with Customs:
- copy of the State Registration Certificate, which shows the registration code and the name of the registration authority;
- the name and surname of the director of the carrier company;
- telephone and email for contact;
- EORI code (if available).
Accreditation of a foreign carrier at customs by our company is usually carried out within one hour.
