Ukraine customs and trade news: June/July 2026

News in brief: Ukraine completes its move to NCTS Phase 6, with Poland now transitioning under the opt-in option; the government approves a draft law bringing EU-style VAT on marketplace parcels from €0, with marketplaces as deemed suppliers and a one-year no-penalty transition; a re-approved draft new Customs Code would align Ukrainian customs fully with EU procedures and authorisations under Chapter 29 of the accession talks; Ukraine customs launches an AI tool for tariff classification that draws on the EU's own Binding Tariff Information database; the Ukraine-UAE free trade agreement enters into force, opening a new preferential export channel; customs clearance for soybean and rapeseed exports is tightened, replacing Chamber of Commerce certificates with a producer verification scheme for export duty exemption; Ukraine pilots priority border queueing for AEO-status and T1/TIR carriers.