The Theoretical and Practical Foundations for Building a System of Customs Services for Enterprises in the Context of European Integration

The article is concerned with substantiating the theoretical and practical foundations for building a system of customs services for enterprises. The proposed concept for building a system of customs services for enterprises considers it to be a poly-entitative process that can be implemented not only by customs officials but also by individuals, legal entities, non-profit organizations, foreign economic actors. It has been proved that, in the context of European Integration, in order to activate the foreign economic activities of national enterprises and to create a positive image of Ukraine as stable business partner in the international business community, building an efficient customs services system becomes topical. It is found that this system should typically include structural interrelated and interacting elements, such as: resource support, customs entities, goals and objectives, principles and technology of customs services, customs regimes and customs regulations, customs tools, objects and results of customs service.