The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has simplified the booking rules in the "eQueue" system for road carriers of food products that require special transportation conditions. Now they can register in advance in the electronic queue at the border without specifying the customs declaration number.
This was announced on November 9 by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine reported.
Previously, to book a place in the electronic queue, the carrier had to specify the customs declaration number, which is issued after the vehicle is loaded. Because of this, transport with perishable products was often forced to wait for border crossing already loaded.
For refrigerated trucks, such waiting means additional fuel costs and maintaining the required temperature. Long delays also increase the risks of deterioration of product quality.
The new procedure will allow booking a place in "eQueue" even before the customs clearance of the cargo is completed. This should help carriers coordinate the time of loading goods with the expected border crossing and reduce logistics costs.
The simplified mechanism applies to specialized trucks, including isothermal vehicles, refrigerated trucks, ice trucks, and vehicles with heating systems.
At the same time, the changes relate specifically to booking a place in the electronic queue for exporting goods from Ukraine. They do not cancel customs clearance of cargoes and do not automatically extend to all international freight transportation.
According to the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotskyi, long waiting of loaded refrigerated trucks at the border increases the costs of producers and exporters, which negatively affects the competitiveness of Ukrainian products.
The new mechanism is provided for the period of martial law, but not longer than the implementation period of the experimental project "Electronic border crossing queue".
