OREANDA-NEWS. December 1, 2011. The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade is working on introduction of changes to import duty rates under the WTO agreements. The First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade has signed an order, according to which an interagency working group is established to study the introduction of changes to import duty rates under the WTO agreements.

The Interagency Working Group headed by the Government Commissioner for European Integration Valerii Piatnytskyi will study the proposals of industry associations and domestic business representatives for revising Ukraine’s tariff obligations stipulated by the Schedule of Concessions and Obligations of Ukraine within the framework of the World Trade Organization agreements with regards to specific commodity items.
The interagency working group should prepare substantiated proposals on a possibility and appropriateness of revising Ukraine’s tariff obligations under the WTO agreements until December 20, 2011.