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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine prohibits in Ukrainian ports 100% inspection of the container cargo

April 12, 2009.

Recently entrepreneurs received numerous complaints that the South Regional Office at container terminals of Odessa and Ilyichevsk maritime commercial ports, is a 100% inspection of containers, as a result, goods after such examination loses its appearance, and the container respectively is further delivery up to several hours.

Chairman, State Committee of Ukraine for regulatory policy and entrepreneurship A. Kuzhel jointly held a meeting in maritime transport port city of Odessa and Ilyichevsk reported that in the near future will be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine a new decree on the Inspecting containers in ports.

The regulation states that full customs clearance in Ukrainian port containers, you can make only on the basis of operational information from the competent authorities about the existence in a container of smuggling. If, also said A. Kuzhel, the articlejean does not find its confirmation, for simple container and when the inspection work will be paid for by agencies who inspect container.

Present at the meeting of Chief O.Kudashkin of South customs, Chair of the State Committee of Ukraine replied that in the current time at container terminals of Odessa and Ilyichevsky transport ports originates day total of 25 to 40 sea containers. And therefore, customs officers have not violated the downtime containers, full 100% customs clearance of all container cargo. He also noted that during such inspections often found various violations in the wrong presentation documents, as well as various contraband, including drugs and radiological substances.