KIEV. - Ukrainian and Armenian custom authorities agreed on cooperation project for 2012, unn.com.ua reports quoting press service of Ukrainian State Customs Service.

Cooperation project for 2012 between Ukrainian State Customs Service and Armenian State Income Committee under the Armenian government reached to the agreement during the visit of the heads of the departments. Head of Ukrainian Customs Service Igor Kaletnik and his counterpart Gagik Khachatryan, who arrived in Ukraine with a delegation signed united project on struggle against customs violations.

The document offers effective regulations of information exchange on identified violations of good transactions and people violating the customs. The agencies will also work on qualifying the employees and improving the staff.

“There is a new and a very effective way to put into practice for the first time. It is the exchange of preliminary data when making a customs declaration between the customs services of Ukraine and Armenia. The declaration will electronically reach to the customs service before the actual cargo arrival,” Igor Kaletnik stated.

The sides added that goods turnover between Ukraine and Armenia showed a progress in 2011. Goods turnover grew to 28% (over $157.4 million) for Jan-Aug based mainly on the export from Ukraine.