Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has ordered that the State Fiscal Service prepares a tender to select a foreign company that would manage several Ukrainian customs agencies.
“We don’t say now what company will receive a chance to fight against corruption at the Ukrainian customs agencies and newly build Ukrainian customs. We say that it will be a foreign company. We would announce a public and transparent tender,” the premier told reporters after a meeting at the Finance Ministry on July 28.
He said that he signed the order and sent it to Head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov on Monday morning.
As reported, last week Yatsenyuk said that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will create a working group to transfer four Ukrainian customs agencies to the management of a British company. He did not disclose the name of the company, however government representatives had previously said that talks on the transfer of customs agencies to the management are being held with Crown Agents.
Yatsenyuk said that Zakarpattia, Lviv, Volyn and Chernivtsi customs agencies will be transferred to the management of the British company.
He said that this would help stirring up fight against smuggling and the increase in revenues from the operation of the agencies. This will help in training officials to continue reforming the Ukrainian customs sector.
