Extension of increased duties for scrap metal exports not to apply to EU exports

16:33, 18.07.2017 1 min read

The bill extending the increased duty on exports of scrap ferrous metal in the amount of EUR 30 per tonne passed by Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada would not apply to exports to the European Union member countries, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has said.

"As for the scrap metal the situation is the following: even during the period when the additional duty of EUR 30 per tonne is in effect scrap metal was exported to the EU at the duty of EUR 9.50 per tonne in line with the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement," she said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

She said that the increased duty did not apply earlier and would not apply now, as the Association Agreement is an international agreement and it is more important from the point of view of legal efficacy. Thus, the bill does not violate the free trade requirements.