In 2025, the State Customs Service recorded 9,507 violations of customs rules. Of these, 2,316 cases were settled by applying the compromise procedure. Compared to 2024, when 1,649 such agreements were concluded, the number increased by 40%. This allowed almost doubling the revenues to the State Budget – to UAH 133.5 million. This is reported by the State Customs Service of Ukraine.
The compromise procedure is provided for by Article 521 of the Customs Code of Ukraine. It can be applied provided that the actions of the person do not contain signs of a criminal offense, the violator voluntarily initiates an application to the head of the customs authority and signs a written settlement agreement. After fulfilling the terms of such an agreement, the person is considered not to have been held administratively liable for the relevant violation.
After signing the document, the violator has 30 days to fulfill the specified obligations. This includes paying the fine — if the sanction provides for a “fork”, its lower limit is applied — as well as determining the further fate of the goods or vehicles, if their confiscation was envisaged. The owner can choose to refuse in favor of the state, destroy or destroy, or register in the import or export regime with the payment of all necessary customs payments. In the case of registering goods for free circulation, an increasing coefficient of 1.3 is applied to the amount of the fine.
After confirming that all conditions have been met, the customs authority terminates the proceedings in the case and completes customs clearance. The settlement agreement is not subject to appeal, as it is concluded on a voluntary basis.
In addition, in January 2026, the customs service transferred UAH 56.2 billion in customs payments to the State Budget, which is UAH 8.8 billion more than in the same period of the previous year.
