European Commission considers such abolition for a period of one year
The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Eduard Geger, has called on the European Union to abolish import duties on Ukrainian exports forever in order to support Ukraine's economy, which is suffering from the war . The head of the Slovak government announced this idea on his Twitter account on April 27.
“We sincerely welcome and support today's proposal by Valdis Dombkovskis (European Commissioner for Trade) to reduce tariffs on imports from Ukraine to the EU to zero for one year. This is also one of the elements of the Slovak plan for Ukraine, which I shared at the summit in Versailles. Only not for 1 year, but forever, “wrote Edward Heger.
Strongly welcome & support today’s proposal of @VDombrovskis to bring tariffs on # Ukraine’s imports to the 🇪🇺 down to zero for one year. This is also one of the elements of 🇸🇰 Plan for 🇺🇦, which I shared at the summit in #Versailles. Just not for 1 year but for good. @Denys_Shmyhal
– Eduard Heger (@eduardheger) April 27, 2022
On the same day, the European Commission proposed to abolish import duties on all Ukrainian exports to the EU for one year – such a proposal was published on the website of the European Commission. In addition to import duties, the European Commission proposes to suspend European anti-dumping and safeguard rules applicable to steel products imported from Ukraine. These measures are designed to support Ukraine's war-torn economy. “This will greatly facilitate the export of Ukrainian industrial and agricultural goods to the EU. We continue to support Ukraine in these difficult times,” said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. ) agreed on the critical importance of the rapid and widespread suspension of tariffs in order to strengthen the Ukrainian economy. “
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It will be recalled that on April 26 it became known that all duties on Ukrainian goods were abolished by Great Britain . In addition, a number of countries are taking opposite measures against Russia in order to weaken it amid the invasion of Ukraine. For example, on April 25, New Zealand introduced special tariffs on imports of 35% of goods from Russia. And at the end of March The Australian government has announced a decision to increase tariffs to 35% on imports of all products from Russia and Belarus.
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