Current issues of customs control and expertise of medicinal products introduced to the territory of Ukraine

Purpose. Investigation of the peculiarities of customs examination of medicinal products as a component of customs control and customs clearance when moving this type of goods across the customs border of Ukraine. Methodology. The research used general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge: analysis, synthesis, comparative law, system-structural, statistical.Findings. Imports of medicines to Ukraine are limited. It can only be carried out with a license for such imports. Moreover, only medicinal products registered in Ukraine can be imported, in addition, they must be certified by the manufacturer.In order to develop innovative technologies, differentiated quality control of imported medicines for sale and quality control of imported medicines for other purposes have been introduced. For example, for conducting clinical trials, registering, presentation at exhibitions without the right of sale, individual use by citizens and in the event of catastrophes and epidemics.The paper considers the products of 4 foreign manufacturers, whose medicinal products are widely represented on the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine: KRKA Group, Slovenia; Bayer, Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH, Germany; JANSSEN-CILAG S.p.A. JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Italy. According to the results of the commodity research, it was found that all the investigational medicinal products of the above-mentioned manufacturing companies have passed the necessary stages for imported medicines: licensing, registration in Ukraine, manufacturer quality certification and included in the list of registered medicines of Ukraine. The correctness of accompanying documentation was also determined; the analysis of the assortment of the goods ordered; the conformity of the goods of the class, group, species or variety specified in the accompanying documentation is established; the identification of the goods by the indicators «Description», «Marking», «Packaging».The forms of customs control of medicines moving across the customs border of Ukraine are considered and the classification of types of their customs control is made.Originality. Comprehensive research of customs control current problems and examination of imported medicines: classification of types of customs control of medicines is made, minimization of subjective factors of decision making is proposed. The practical value. The results can be used in research work to further study the features of the organization of customs regulation of foreign economic activity; in the educational process in the preparation of a course of lectures on commodity in customs, customs control and expertise of goods.

medicines goods; customs border; expertise customs; customs control; customs clearance