Ukraine. Export guarantee regime for agricultural products came into effect

The export security regime for export operations of certain types of goods will be introduced on December 1, 2024. This is stated in the message of the State Customs Service.

According to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1261 dated October 29, 2024, the list of goods subject to this regime includes

• natural honey
• walnuts in their shells;
• walnuts without shells;
• wheat and a mixture of wheat and rye (meslin);
• rye
• barley
• oats
• corn
• soybeans, whether or not crushed;
• rapeseed or kohlseed, whether or not crushed
• sunflower seeds, crushed or uncrushed;
• soybean oil and its fractions, refined or unrefined, but without changing their chemical composition;
• sunflower, safflower or cottonseed oils and their fractions, refined or unrefined, but without changing their chemical composition;
• rapeseed (from rape or kohlseed) or mustard oils and their fractions, refined or unrefined, but without changing their chemical composition;
• cake and other solid wastes and residues obtained during the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats and oils, except for wastes of heading 2304 or 2305, ground or unground, non-granulated or granulated.

The export security regime does not apply to operations for the export outside the customs territory of Ukraine under the customs regime of export of certain types of goods:

• exported as supplies by commercial vehicles in accordance with Article 229 of the Customs Code of Ukraine;
• included in the commodity subcategories 1001 91 10 00, 1002 10 00 00, 1003 10 00 00, 1004 10 00 00, 1005 10 13 00, 1005 10 15 00, 1005 10 18 00, 1201 10 00 00, 1205 10 10 00, 1206 00 10 00 according to UKTZED, which are carried out by value added tax payers accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 1-5 of Section IX “Final and Transitional Provisions” of the Law of Ukraine “On Plant Quarantine”;
• exported as humanitarian aid provided by Ukraine.

“From this date, the provisions of the Laws of Ukraine dated May 9, 2024 No. 3706-IX “On Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and Other Laws of Ukraine on the Peculiarities of Exporting Certain Types of Goods during the Period of Martial Law” and No. 3707-IX “On Amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine on the Peculiarities of Exporting Certain Types of Goods during the Period of Martial Law”, which establish the peculiarities of export operations for certain types of goods within the framework of the introduction of the export security regime,” the State Customs Service added.

In particular, clause 9-35 of Section XXI “Final and Transitional Provisions” of the Customs Code of Ukraine comes into force, which establishes an additional list of grounds for refusing customs clearance of certain goods, the control of which is entrusted to the customs authorities.

“Starting from the specified date, periodic customs declarations issued until November 30, 2024 inclusive, will not be allowed to issue orders for loading certain goods onto foreign ships and/or passing certain goods outside the customs territory of Ukraine,” the agency emphasized.

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