Bringing your vehicle to Ukraine for personal use

Non-residents of Ukraine have the right to take their vehicle with them for personal usage for the term less than 1 year. In this case you don't need to complete a customs declaration form. In Ukraine you can only use the vehicle by yourself (if you have brought it into the country). The car can't be used for commercial purposes, dismantled, sold or be rented by other persons. If you want to perform any of these actions, you have to register the vehicle in Ukraine and pay the appropriate customs tax.

If you take a privat car to Ukraine in order to transit the country, you may be asked to complete a customs declaration form and pay a deposit.

You have to move vehicle out of Ukraine within the required timeframe, or place it into the customs regime of the State.

In case of travel outside of the country to the member countries of the international car insurance system "Green Card" on the own vehicle registered in Ukraine, the owner of such a vehicle must have a valid international insurance contract, certified by the corresponding unified insurance certificate "Green Card". On its basis, the insurer that issued the certificate will provide compensation for damage caused by a citizen of Ukraine to third parties as a result of a road traffic accident that occurred through his fault during the validity of the specified certificate.

The compensation payment to victims of road traffic accidents is carried out under the conditions determined by the legislation on compulsory civil liability insurance of the country in which the road accident occurred.

If your car breaks down and can't be fixed, you should let the Customs Service know about this fact and prove that it can't be repaired. After that you may dispose the car through the official channels of the Customs Service.

You can find more information about bringing your car to Ukraine on the State Fiscal Service's website (in Ukrainian).