U.S. to issue $4 mln for consulting services to reform Ukrainian customs

18:54, 08.04.2016 1 min read

The U.S. government has issued $4 million for consulting services to reform the Ukrainian customs, the press service of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry has reported.

"We believe that the involvement of international advisers with impeccable reputation and extensive experience in managing and reforming customs offices in other countries will help us dramatically increase the level of honesty of customs staff in Ukraine," the press service said citing Minister of Finance Natalie Jaresko.

As reported, on April 6 Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk ordered accelerating the holding of a tender to select consulting companies for an experiment to reform four Ukrainian customs offices. Jaresko reported that the ministry attracts two donors, one of whom is from the United States, to finance the experiment of Ukrainian customs management.

The minister also said that contracts with these companies would be signed in May, and she hopes that consultant companies would appear at customs offices in a month or a month and a half.