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Customs Regulations

CUSTOMS REGULATIONS: Ukrainian law requires that travelers declare all cash and jewelry, regardless of value, upon entering Ukraine. Travelers should fill out a customs declaration and ask customs officials to stamp it. According to Ukrainian law, foreign citizens may bring up to $10,000 in cash or up to $50,000 in travelers’ checks into Ukraine without a special license. A traveler must declare the cash or checks. If customs officials determine that a traveler entering or exiting the country has undeclared cash on him or her, they can and often do confiscate the undeclared funds. When leaving the country, travelers are only allowed to take out a maximum of $1,000 in cash or as much cash as they declared upon their entry into Ukraine. If a traveler wants to take out more than $1,000 in cash, the traveler must have a customs declaration proving that he or she in fact brought the corresponding sum of money into the country.

If you wish to bring more than $10,000, you must obtain a special license AFTER entering Ukraine. Details for obtaining this license are available on the Embassy’s web site in a document Ukrainian Customs Procedures for Transporting Currencies, Monetary Instruments, or Precious Metals at http://kiev.usembassy.gov/amcit-travel_ukrcustoms-eng.html.

Ukraine has strict limitations for the export of antiques and other goods and artifacts deemed to be of particularly important historical or cultural value.

According to Ukrainian customs laws, travelers are allowed to take up to 10,000 hryvnya out of Ukraine as long as the entire amount is declared. Additionally, travelers are only allowed to bring back the same amount of hryvnya as they originally took out of Ukraine, as substantiated by their customs declaration.

It is advisable to contact the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington or one of Ukraine’s consulates in the United States for specific information regarding customs requirements.