KIEV, May 24 - The international business community highly appreciates the dramatic change in customs policy which will be ushered in by the new Customs Code, and especially the reduction of customs authorities' powers, which was a big issue before, and the reduction of the number of documents required for customs clearance, the American Chamber of Commerce said.

"Productive long-term cooperation with Ukrainian lawmakers means that the new Customs Code is a major step forward for Ukraine in terms of the simplification of the procedures for customs registration of goods, via a reduction in the number of documents required for customs clearance," Jorge Zukoski, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, said at an American Chamber's Customs Committee meeting attended by a number of officials representing the State Customs Service.