The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law “On amendments to the Customs Tariff of Ukraine, approved by the Law of Ukraine “On the Customs Tariff of Ukraine” (new version)

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
19 September 2013, 12:16

The document stipulates:

- that the country’s legal framework should be brought in accordance with the system of the generally recognized norms of international law, particularly by creating the Customs Tariff of Ukraine based on the new version of Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity, formed on a basis of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System of 2012;

- that tariff commitments achieved in the negotiations process, connected with Ukraine’s accession to the WTO (that are registered in the Protocol on Ukraine's accession to the WTO for 2013), should be fulfilled.   

The law also stipulates that the full pay of the import duty through the whole new version of the Customs Tariff should be reduces; the rates of import duty on certain types of metal scrap should be increased; zero duty rate on polyvinylchloride should be determined.       

Respective bill was registered under Reg. No. 2105a.