Transfer of cultural valuables

Export, temporary export, including forwarding, of cultural valuables (paintings, musical instruments, dishware and other implements made before 1950) outside the customs territory of Ukraine requires an export certificate. The State Control Department, or entity authorized by the State Control Department for a certain service area in the following cities, will issue the certificate:

Location of authorized agent of the State Control Department	Service Area
city of Kyiv	Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv regions, city of Kyiv
city of Dnipropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Poltava regions
city of Lviv	Volyn, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil regions
city of Odesa	Vinnytsia, Zaporizhia, Odesa regions
city of Simferopol	Autonomous Republic of Crimea, city of Sevastopol
city of Chernivtsi	Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi regions
city of Uzhgorod	Transcarpathian region
city of Kherson	Kherson, Mykolayiv region

The price (not exceeding EUR200/US$230) must be indicated in the certificate along with the note “This item is not of cultural value and may be shipped by international mail.” The certificate is valid for 6 months from the date of its issue. Only licensed audio and video products with holograms and an audio-video quality control certificate may be shipped.

When sending multiples of a particular type of good (books, souvenirs, new clothing or shoes in large quantities) the sender should provide a bill of lading listing the number of items and their value (not exceeding EUR150/US$160 per international postal shipment) and indicating the type of books being sent – children’s, art, textbooks, technical literature, historical literature, etc.

International postal shipments are presented by service operators for customs control when crossing the customs border of Ukraine. Customs authorities have the right to remove items, on the terms provided for under Ukrainian law, which are legally prohibited from being sent by international mail or which are sent in violation of Ukrainian customs law.