On customs clearance problems that hinder the free movement
of goods in Ukraine
Generally, the legislation of Ukraine, as a recently acceded
Member of the World Trade Organization (the
"WTO"), can be considered as being in
consistence with WTO rules. Furthermore, state bodies are beginning
to follow the provisions of respective WTO agreements in their
daily work or are at least trying to take them into account.
This being said, exporters and importers still face situations
when the interpretation or the application of the legislation by
state bodies of Ukraine may lead to unjustifiable delays of
international trade transactions, which de facto creates
trade barriers. Unfortunately, it is not always taken into account
that as WTO Member Ukraine is responsible before other Members both
for the WTO-consistency of its legislation and for the de
facto application of legislative provisions by state bodies.
An irresponsible attitude towards this issue may lead to other
