In order to optimize and improve the activity of the customs system, the State Customs Service of Ukraine is carrying out a reorganization of customs bodies. As reported by the press service of the State Customs Service of Ukraine, the creation, reorganization and liquidation of customs offices begins on October 1, 2006, in accordance with the administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine.

Among the main reorganization procedures, several regional customs offices will be liquidated and instead created with direct subordination to the SCS, according to Articles 14 and 15 of the Customs Code of Ukraine. Among them: liquidation of the Northern Regional Customs and creation of the Central Regional Customs (location – Kyiv); liquidation of the Lviv Customs and creation of the Western Regional Customs (location – Lviv); liquidation of the Donetsk Customs and creation of the Eastern Regional Customs (location – Donetsk); liquidation of the Odesa Customs and creation of the Southern Regional Customs (location – Odesa); liquidation of the Crimean Customs and creation of the Crimean Regional Customs (location – Simferopol).