The present state and regularities of trade and economic cooperation between the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are analyzed in the article. The trends of certain customs and tariff regulation aspects of the Ukraine-EU foreign trade development in 2016-2017 are determined, its problems and perspectives are clarified. The comparative regularities, quantitative and qualitative indicators of the Ukraine-EU foreign trade turnover in 2016 and 2017 are calculated. The expediency of the main commodity groups of Ukrainian exports to the EU countries is substantiated. The share of EU countries in goods and services trade with Ukraine in 2017 is calculated. The share of EU countries in the foreign trade turnover of Ukraine is determined. The use of certain EU tariff quotas in the framework of an in-depth and comprehensive Free Trade Area is analyzed. The regularities of modern customs and tariff aspects of Ukraine's integration into the European economic space are proved. In the context of the European Union (EU) transformation and the globalization processes intensification, the role of tariff regulation of trade and economic cooperation in the system of international economic relations is increasing. This study is particularly relevant in the context of the Association Agreement functioning and the deepening of the Free Trade Area between Ukraine and the EU, as well as the implementation of the Eastern Partnership Program. It should be noted that Ukraine's trade and economic cooperation with the EU provides an opportunity to carry out economic integration and systematic measures to reform the national economy within international cooperation. The establishment and functioning of the Free Trade Area is primarily concerned with exporters of Ukrainian products, since this will enable the rational implementation of trade and economic activities on the domestic market in the future. It is worth mentioning that the system of customs-tariff regulation has its own specifics of application, but the general regularity is that customs relations are dominant in integration processes. They are the indicator that characterizes the level of real readiness of countries for integration or testifies to the declarations of countries regarding the internationalization of economic life. The purpose of this article is to identify the main trends of customs and tariff aspects of Ukraine's integration into the European economic space. 

commodity export and import, foreign trade turnover, economic space, integration, commodity group structure, free trade area