Pavlo Sheremeta: Signing of economic section of Association Agreement with the EU to mark advantages for Ukrainian producers
Signing of
an economic section of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European
Union, which in particular, envisages free trade area (FTA) will open a new
sales market for Ukrainian manufacturers, though a rather highly competitive market,
the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Pavlo Sheremeta stressed in his comment with the TRK Ukrayina channel.
He explained, in fact,
signing of the economic section of the Association will mean fixed trade preferences, that are presently in effect from the EU side
for the Ukrainian origin goods.
“The benefit consists in
the fact that the preferences already introduced by the EU for Ukrainian goods’
producers on the temporary basis by September 1 will be fixed forever. It means
that Ukrainian manufacturers will have a chance to plan long and average term
future, keeping in mind that one of the largest world markets is open,” Pavlo Sheremeta stressed.
The
Minister explained that a number of experts have estimated that signing of the
economic section of the Agreement including FTA will enable Ukraine to enhance
volumes of export of goods and services.
Moreover, he stressed
in order to ensure success for Ukrainian goods to find their consumers in
Europe, the national producers should endeavor to improve quality of goods they
produce in order to promote them on the EU markets.
“All depends on
Ukrainian producers. It is entering “the high league”,
I mean “the high league” has been opened for us. We were striving long to get
there, it had been a long ambition, so now it gathers stadiums, it proposes
high salaries, high incomes, good margin, but it is important to win and to achieve
the goal one should play well enough. And I am quite convinced that with time,
what is demonstrated by the experience of our neighbors and a pile of national
enterprises, we will learn to play this game,” Pavlo Sheremeta
believes.
At this, the Minister
emphasized that aspirations of Ukraine to master EU markets doesn’t mean that the
country wants to refuse other markets.
“We are ready to trade in every direction – east, west, south, north,” the
head of the Ministry summed up.