The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted as a basis the draft law on the measures to stabilize Ukraine’s balance of payment in line with article XII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1994

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
25 December 2014, 14:30

The bill stipulates temporary introduction (for the period of 12 months starting from January 1, 2015) of additional import duty as a special kind of duty in the understanding of the Customs Code of Ukraine.

Additional import duty shall be imposed on the goods that are imported into the customs territory of Ukraine in the customs regime of import (i.e. for free circulation on the customs territory of Ukraine), irrespective of the country of origin.

The law specifies rate of levy and the list of goods that are not subject to additional import duty.

The bill was registered under No. 1562.