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The BEB opened a customs case over fabric for military uniforms. The importer, according to the investigation, "inflated" expenses by 78 million
BEB spent a month seizing the customs documents of a textile importer. Case No. 72026142200000021 dated 4 May 2026. Article — part 2 of article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: tax evasion on a large scale.
Neither a detective nor customs appeared at the hearing. The court reviewed the motion on paper. Conclusion No. 28.11/2.2/38-26 dated 20 April 2026 lays out the company's operations from July 2022 through the end of 2025.
The company transported textiles from abroad. Suppliers were several foreign firms, the main one under Polish jurisdiction. The producer in the shipping documents was a Chinese factory in the Keqiao district of Shaoxing city, Zhejiang province: satin, taffeta, fleece.
According to the customs declarations, the goods entered at 837,69 million UAH. From Ukrainian accounts to nonresidents went 916,31 million. The difference was 78,62 million UAH: more money left than fabric declared.
The investigation shifted this delta into the line "other expenses." Even after all possible additions — domestic purchases, the VAT line 10.4 on the declaration, 1-DF, unified social contribution — the analyst still found inflated expenses by 78,07 million UAH. Corporate profit tax at 18% of that is 14,05 million UAH. This is the amount BEB lists as underpayment.
The inventories also didn't match. According to customs and tax invoices, the remaining inventory should have been 118,74 million UAH. In the company's reports — 92,17 million. Nearly 26,6 million missing on the shelves that exist only on paper.
Domestic purchases during this period were modest: tax invoices for 9,37 million, of which VAT was 1,48 million.
Why they brought the fabric into Ukraine
The importer’s main buyer is another LLC, a contractor for government orders. It sews military uniforms. The chain the investigation outlines: China — Poland — Ukrainian importer — uniform manufacturer.
The HS codes on entry and exit, the analyst writes, do not look like camouflage. Hence the wording in the ruling: "probably indicates the absence of origin of camouflage fabrics," from which military uniforms are sewn.
This is not yet an expert's conclusion about misclassification of nomenclature. It's BEB's working theory under which the court opened the customs file.
What they'll seize
Detectives were allowed to take from customs the originals for the period 1 July 2022 — 31 December 2025: declarations, preliminary notifications, invoices, contracts, specifications, certificates of origin, quality, EUR.1, phytosanitary, CMR, postal and IP addresses from which these files were submitted. Plus a list of other Ukrainian importers who brought goods from the same nonresidents.
If the papers exist only electronically — print them and copy the disks. If they refuse to hand them over — a search can be requested. The ruling is not subject to appeal.
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