The Power of Digitization: Transforming Ukraine’s Customs Service

Abstract

The article analyses the specifics of implementing the processes of digital development, digital transformation, and digitalization of the State Customs Service of Ukraine. The article scrutinizes the legal norms regulating the digital transformation of the State Customs Service of Ukraine to ensure qualitatively new, convenient, and accelerated processes of customs affairs in Ukraine. The article analyses the trend formulated at the normative level regarding the fulfilment by Ukraine of the international legal obligations of the State Customs Service of Ukraine. The article emphasizes that the implementation of relevant measures should be carried out with the help of timely corrections of national legislation. The article focuses on the fact that the world trends of digitalization set new tasks to ensure the functioning of modern, accessible, managed, and cyber-secure electronic information systems that work under the fundamental principles of customs affairs effectiveness. The article outlines the directions of further implementation of the processes of digital development, digital transformation, and digitalization of the State Customs Service of Ukraine in accordance with European and international requirements in the context of the digital strategy of the development of society. The authors conclude that a new cyber-physical system began to form due to innovations in Ukraine. All elements and participants continuously interact with each other, ensuring the constant optimization of the integrated digital system. customs, digital transformation, digitalization, information technology, electronic customs procedures, automation, Customs Service of Ukraine