THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS PANDEMIC ON UKRAINE'S CUSTOMS POLICY

Abstract

The biggest and most global problem in 2019 was the discovery of a new virus in China. First Asia, then Europe, then America and then all the other continents. The coronavirus has spread to all parts of the world. It affected all spheres of people's lives. COVID-19 influenced politics, economics, medicine and other government.Everyone who lives on a continent has felt the impact of the pandemic on their lives. Customs policy is one of the main components of the economic structure of the country and an important factor in the economic growth of any state. With its help, the export and import of countries increases, business improves, the population receives the resources it needs, countries form economic relations, create economic alliances, sign various agreements and develop the international market. The virus has brought negative changes in customs policy and thus spoiled all these indicators. To find out the scale of the pandemic, to investigate the problems caused by the virus and to suggest ways to solve them and ways to improve customs in this situation, we need to look at our country. This will make it possible to follow the statistical dynamics and determine the impact of the coronavirus on the customs system. We researched scientific materials, media articles and customs publications. In this article we have considered the external and internal situation of Ukraine's customs policy. In the internal state of customs policy, we considered how the pandemic has changed the structure of the customs service, customer service methods, working conditions of customs officers, IT system and more. We have proposed ways to solve these problems and ways to improve the internal state of customs policy. In the external state of customs policy, we defined how the coronavirus affected the indicators of Ukraine's foreign economic activity in 2019-2021, domestic customs legislation, the level of economic relations with other partner countries of our country and more. We offered ideas for correcting problematic situations in the field of foreign policy and customs development. Based on all the research, we formed conclusions and suggestions.