From October 1 the State customs service of Ukraine will start reorganizing customs bodies. As the Press Service of the State customs service reports, the customs system in Ukraine will be optimized and improved in accordance with articles 14 and 15 of the Custom code of Ukraine.

Among the major procedures are liquidation and creation of several regional customs services instead with the direct subordination to the State customs service of Ukraine.

There also among them: liquidation of the Northern regional customs and establishing of the Central regional Customs (location – Kyyiv city); liquidation of Lviv customs service and formation of Western regional customs (location – Lviv city); liquidation of Donetsk customs service and formation of Eastern regional customs service (location – Donetsk city); liquidation of Odessa customs service and formation of Southern regional customs service (location – Odessa city); liquidation of Crimean customs service and formation of Crimean regional customs service (location – Symferopol city).

The order of formation, reorganization and liquidation of customs services will be held in compliance with administrative-territorial system of Ukraine.