IMF Adds Customs Code Reforms to Ukraine’s Program Requirements

  • Customs leadership hiring to include international experts
  • Other anti-graft measures include external audit of NABU

The cabinet of ministers building in Kyiv.

Photographer: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg
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The International Monetary Fund will add a requirement for Ukraine to implement changes to its customs code in a bid to step up a crackdown on corruption.

Kyiv will need to align its customs operations with European Union legislation, strengthen personnel integrity, and introduce a merit-based and transparent hiring process for staff, according to a memo from the Washington-based lender published on Saturday.