Traveler currency, or currency import / export in a new way

Specifies the rules for the movement by individuals and legal entities of cash currency across the border of Ukraine Regulations on the cross-border movement of currency valuables, approved by the NBU Board Resolution No. 3 dated January 2, 2019.

The resident physical persons import into Ukraine / export cash out of Ukraine / bank metals in the amount / value equivalent to:

- does not exceed 10,000 euros - without a written declaration to the customs authority;

- equal to or more than 10,000 euros - subject to a written declaration to the customs authority in full.

In this case, the amount of exported cash currency / cost of banking metals is converted into euros at the official hryvnia exchange rate set by the NBU to the euro or the cross rate determined at the official exchange rate of the hryvnia to the relevant foreign currencies / bank metals set by the NBU on the day of crossing the border of Ukraine or on the day of shipment foreign currency / banking metals.

In addition, in the case of export / shipment of currency values ​​out of Ukraine in the total amount that exceeds the equivalent of EUR 10,000 on the day of export / shipment, be prepared to present documents confirming to the customs officers:

physical persons withdrawing cash from their own bank accounts and a receipt for carrying out a currency exchange transaction with this cash (in the case of such a transaction);
the acquisition of natural metals banking metals.
The validity of documents confirming the withdrawal of cash from own accounts is 90 calendar days from the date of withdrawal of the amount for which they were issued.

Legal entities import / export cash cash and bank metals through an authorized representative without limiting the amount on the terms of a written declaration to the relevant customs authority in full.

The condition is that such an import / export must be conditioned by an economic activity. At that, the authorized representative declares cash that he imports / exports on behalf of a legal entity and his own funds separately using two copies of the customs declaration. The basis for the import / export of bank metals by a legal entity is a contract with a counterparty or a document replacing it.