Starting from April 1 this year, humanitarian aid can be imported into Ukraine only through the automated system of humanitarian aid registration, according to Oksana Zholnovych, Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine.
“At the same time, we have made it possible to use paper declarations. Starting from April 1, paper declarations will cease to exist. All the work that will be done in terms of bringing in humanitarian aid will be automatic with the help of our system,” Zholnovych said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
According to Deputy Minister of Social Policy Nazar Tanasyshyn, the import of humanitarian aid through the automated system will be carried out in the same way as during the pilot testing period, which lasted from December 1, 2023.
As reported, in September 2023, the Ministry of Social Policy announced a change in the rules for the import and accounting of humanitarian aid from December 1, 2023. Using the web platform “Automated Humanitarian Aid Registration System”, organizations intending to import humanitarian aid will be able to register, log in to the website, form and submit a declaration, which will be sent to customs through information exchange.
In November 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine extended the possibility of using paper declarations for the import of humanitarian aid into Ukraine until April 1, 2024.
On February 14, 2024, the Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovych stated that the automated system for registering humanitarian aid had proven its effectiveness in the first two months of operation.
