International Development Grant
State Customs Service Capacity Building
Project Number: CA-3-Z020809001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $1,497,017.00
Start Date: December 21, 2009
End Date: March 06, 2013
Duration: 3.2 years
Project Description
The project was an initiative in which the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in collaboration with the Polish Customs Laboratory provided targeted technical support to increase the capacity of the State Customs Service of Ukraine (SCSU) to effectively manage its customs laboratory system and ensure that imports and exports are regulated in a manner consistent with international trade and security standards. SCSU laboratories are namely assisted in analyzing select commodities based on internationally recognized scientific methodologies and techniques. Through these initiatives the project aimed to foster an effective characterization of goods for tariff classification customs valuation and to validate origin. It is expected to aid the SCSU in becoming more consistent with World Trade Organization (WTO) and European Union (EU) procedures increasingly effective credible transparent and scientific. These factors are all critical for promoting small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) development in Ukraine.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2013) include: A new Customs Code was established by the Ukrainian government which enhances the role of the Laboratory in general State Customs Service of Ukraine (SCSU) business decisions including the identification of the level of risk for commodities. An operational tour of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Laboratory in Ottawa and the Montreal Port of Entry helped demonstrate the working relationship between the CBSA Laboratory and front-line officers. Following this tour progress was made in strengthening the working relationship between the laboratory and front-line border officers in Ukraine. Six lab instruments have been provided to the SCSU including two high-performance liquid chromatography system two polarizing microscopes and two ionscans. These helped the SCSU properly analyze priority commodities identified by the Government of Ukraine including textiles inorganic materials and food products. As a result the SCSU can now identify up to 39 psychoactive drugs and through collaboration with front-line officers can fulfill a more effective advisory role in the area of narcotics and contraband.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Canada Border Services Agency
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
EGM Europe Arctic Middle East and Magh
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Donor country personnel
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP