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"Customs Scientific Journal" is a scientific and practical journal on customs and foreign economic activity, founded in 2011.

FounderUniversity of Customs and Finance. Publisher – Publishing House "Helvetica".

Aims & Scope. It publishes scholarly papers and reviews devoted to the main problems of foreign economic activity, partnership of customs administrations and business entities, professional customs, introduction and implementation of the World Customs Organization standards, review articles on the experience of implementing institutional development strategies of customs administrations of the WCO member states, publications of young scientists in the field of customs and foreign economic activity, abstracts, and announcements.

The journal aims to advance scholarly research in the field of customs affairs and foreign economic activity by fostering a modern academic environment for the exchange of research findings. The journal focuses on publishing papers that meet high standards of scientific novelty, analytical rigor, and practical relevance, while addressing current issues in customs regulation, international trade, tariff and non-tariff policy, facilitation of customs procedures, and the harmonization of national legislation with international standards.

Among the key objectives of the journal are to ensure an independent, transparent, and high-quality peer review process, uphold the principles of academic integrity, promote interdisciplinary research at the intersection of economics, law, and public administration, and support the integration of Ukrainian scholars into the global academic community. The journal aims to contribute to the development of a professional community of researchers and practitioners in the field of customs, enhance the quality of scientific research, and encourage the adoption of modern approaches to analyzing foreign economic processes.

The scientific journal is intended for a wide range of individuals, including:

  • students of higher educational institutions specializing in customs affairs, economics, international trade, and foreign economic activity;

  • practitioners engaged in customs affairs, foreign economic activity, as well as consulting services in these areas;

  • specialists from government customs and tax authorities, customs brokers, and managers working in international trade;

  • researchers, scholars, and experts involved in the study of customs policy, legal aspects of foreign economic activity, and economic integration.

Employees of customs administrations, customs educational institutions, as well as research institutions of the European countries, in particular, Austria, Macedonia, Germany, Poland, Hungary, etc., are currently publishing their materials in the scientific journal. The specialized journal is one of the few in the international scientific environment to study the issues of customs regulation professionally.

In 2018, the journal was re-registered and included in the List of scientific professional publications of Ukraine (category “b”) in public administration, juridical, economic sciences in accordance with the Order of MES of Ukraine dated 17.03.2020 No 409 (Annex 1) in specialities C1 – Economics, D1 – Accounting and taxation, D2 – Finance, banking and insurance, D3 – Management, D6 –  Secretarial and Office Management, D5– Marketing, D7 – Trade, D8 – Law, K9 – Law enforcement, D4– Public management and administration, C3– International relations, D9 – International law.

 

Registration of Print media entity: Decision of the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine: Decision No. 1136 as of 11.04.2024.

Media ID: R30-03965.

Media entity – University of Customs and Finance (Volodymyra Vernadskoho St., 2/4, 49000, Dnipro, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Tel.: (056) 745-55-96).

ISSN International Centre assigned the identifiers for the journal “Customs Scientific Journal”: ISSN 2518-1599 (Online) and ISSN 2308-6971 (Print).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32782/2308-6971

Cluster: Economic Transformations, Business and Administration.

Specialties: C1 Economics and International Economic Relations (by specialization), C3 International Relations, D1 Accounting and Taxation, D2 Finance, Banking, Insurance and Stock Market, D3 Management, D4 Public Administration and Administration, D5 Marketing, D7 Trade.

Periodicity: 2 times a year.

Language: English.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases: V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of UkraineIndex Copernicus International (Republic of Poland).

Publisher: Publishing House “Helvetica” (EDRPOU code 38044877; 6/1 Inglezi St., Odesa, 65101, Ukraine; Tel.: +38 (095) 934-48-28, +38 (097) 723-06-08; e-mail:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Certificate of publishing activity entity ДK No. 7623 dated 22 June 2022).

Publisher ROR: https://ror.org/0021ckm71

Founder's ROR: https://ror.org/04ft5hg27

The journal "Customs Scientific Journal" provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Full-text access to scientific articles of the journal is presented on the official website in the Archive. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. The licensing policy is compatible with the overwhelming majority of open access and archiving policies. The journal "Customs Scientific Journal" works under the license Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). This allows you to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, cite or link to the full text of an article in this journal.

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