Ukraine and EU hold consultations on additional import duties

On January 5, the EU and Ukraine held technical consultations on the introduction by Ukraine of additional import duties. The meeting was held in the format of a video conference.

"The parties had held a preliminary technical meeting regarding the introduction by our state of additional import duties under the Law of Ukraine "On measures to stabilize the balance of payments of Ukraine", adopted by the Parliament in late December," director of the department for cooperation with WTO on trade protection Svitlana Zaitseva. She added that consultations would be continued.

The consultations were attended by representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Ministry of Finance from the Ukrainian side, from the EU side- Head of the EU Group of Support for Ukraine Peter Balazs and representatives of the trade block of the European Commission.