25 Statistical Evaluation of the Sizes of Smuggling in Ukraine

The article concerns estimation of the smuggling activity’s sizes that have been held on the basis of State custom service’s data. Also the State statistic service’s approach to the assessment of the sizes of smuggling has been considered, its main disadvantages have been defined and priority ways of modernization of quantitative assessment of the sizes of smuggling have been proposed. Keywords:currency smuggling, shadow economy, smuggling of foodstuffs, smuggling of goods, smuggling of manufac-tured goods, State Custom Servic