On 25 December 2014 the Parliament of Ukraine passed in the
first reading draft Law "On Stabilization of the Balance of
Payments according to Article XII of the GATT 1994".
The draft introduces a temporary – for 12 months starting
1 January 2015 – additional import duties on a number of
imported goods:
- 10% – for the goods' of groups 1-14 of the Ukrainian
UKTZED nomenclature (which substantively corresponds to the HS
Classification);
- 5% – for UKTZED groups 25-97; and
- 10% – for all goods imported by individuals.
These additional import duties will not apply to strategically
important products such as fuel, gas, electricity, etc.
The draft law is aimed at reacting to the negative balance of
payments, significant reduction of the National Bank reserves and
the need to increase revenues of the State Budget of Ukraine.
