Gov't to provide help to Ukrainian companies to access the EU markets

The Government, Ministries and departments together with the European counterparts have agreed to take measures aimed at helping Ukrainian companies to access the markets of the European Union.

Such statement has been made by Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine - Director of the Government Office for European Integration, Nataliya Hnudyuk while responding to the question on Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) which will be provisionally applied as of 1 January 2016.

"Together with our European colleagues we agreed to establish an export help desk which could be useful for the potential Ukrainian exporters wishing to trade with the EU. Such project includes a significant regional component and its details will soon be presented to the exporters," highlighted Nataliya Hnydyuk.

Ms Hnydyuk also drew attention to the fact that starting from January 1, 2016 the Ukrainian companies will have an access to the European public procurement markets with the total annual amount of about 1.8 trillion euro or 14% of the European GDP, including 425 billion of euro which is the amount of earnings concluded as a result of international tenders.

For this reason, the Government Office for European Integration elaborated the electronic booklet "Public procurement in the EU member states" for Ukrainian producers which lists the sources of procurements, tenders and international auction held in each EU country. This information is available on the government website under the heading "European Integration", "Useful to know"; "Information for business."Ms Hnydyuk has also stated that the Ministries are developing “road maps" for accessing the markets in the most promising areas as, for example, agriculture, IT, communications, etc.

"The Government’s responsibility is to ensure the adoption of appropriate changes in order to make European standards work in Ukraine. The business, in its turn, has to review manufacturing processes to guarantee compliance with these standards. We have a common task," said Nataliya Hnydyuk.