Ukraine to introduce zero duty on wine imports from EU from 2021 – UN FAO

Zero duty on the import of wine from the EU will be introduced from 2021 in accordance with Ukraine’s commitments to zero import duties on a number of goods within a seven-year period after the signing of the economic part of the Association Agreement with the European Union, the Development Director of the Ukrainian Horticultural … Read more

Govt decides to ban wagon imports from Russia into Ukraine

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to ban the import of wagons of residents and the railway administration of the Russian Federation into Ukraine at a meeting on Wednesday, Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko (the European Solidarity faction) said on his Telegram channel. According to the document released by him, in particular, the import … Read more

Cabinet imposes embargo on import of used wagons from Russia from Nov 20, 2019

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has decided to establish a ban on imports of obsolete rolling stock from the Russian Federation from November 20, 2019, Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy has said. “In May 2019, it was decided to introduce a ban on imports of obsolete rolling stock from the Russian Federation from March … Read more

Naftogaz increases share of gas imports to 66% in 2018

National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy in 2018 increased its share of natural gas imports to the country to 66%, which is 5 percentage points more than in 2017 (61%), according to consolidated statements of the group posted on its website last week. According to the document, Naftogaz in 2018 bought gas from 18 European suppliers … Read more

Govt bans imports of cement clinker from Russia

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has placed cement clinker (tariff heading semi-finished product for production of cement, tariff heading 2523 10 00 00) to the list of goods banned from importing to Ukraine from the Russian Federation. “The introduction of cement clinkers into the list of goods banned to import into Ukraine from Russia … Read more

Ukraine posts 27% rise in gas imports from EU in 2017

Ukraine boosted gas imports from European countries by 27% or 3 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2017, to 14.1 bcm, the press service of national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy has reported. “The important result of the year was the increase in the volumes and the share of imports by private traders and gas consumers. Last … Read more

Ukraine posts 26.8% rise in imports of gas in 2017

Ukraine increased imports of natural gas by 26.8% or 2.972 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2017, to 14.05 bcm, according to public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz. According to Interfax-Ukraine’s calculations, imports from Slovakia in 2017 amounted to 9.91 bcm, Hungary to 2.835 bcm, and Poland to 1.305 bcm. Imports in December 2017 amounted to 954.9 million … Read more

Ukraine raises cheese exports by 16.4%, imports by 42.8% in ten months

Ukraine in January-October 2017 supplied 7,423 tonnes of cheese to foreign markets, which is 16.4% more than in the same period of 2016. According to customs statistics, released by the State Fiscal Service, in monetary terms shipments of these products increased by 1.4 times, to $26.3 million. Cheese imports in January-October amounted to 7,716 tonnes, … Read more