WITH 23 April last year, the EU started to unilaterally apply the trade part of the Association Agreement with Ukraine. Для українських кондитерів цей крок означає відкриття доступу до європейського ринку, whose capacity is in part sweets 45 billion euros. For comparison, capacity of confectionery market of the Customs Union – $15 billion.

By signing the EU Association defended sweets from our high duties at 35-50% cost of production, making Ukrainian exports “Confectioner” to the European Union almost impossible.

Instead, a new trade regime provides for full liberalization of mutual trade in confectionery between Ukraine and EU.

Проте за період від початку дії торговельних преференцій середньомісячний обсяг поставок вітчизняної кондитерської продукції до ЄС склав 2,6 th. tonnes. It is only 8,3% compared with previous deliveries within the trade regime. continue Reading »

This statement was made O.Baldynyuk commenting CMU Resolution number 724 from 16.09.2015 y.

Relevant CMU, directly contrary to the Customs Code of Ukraine, only complicated and so negative situation with the problem of determining the customs value, he said Ukrkondpromu.

The vast majority of customs declarations, filed domestic confectionery companies during customs clearance, fell under risk criterion for the contract price due to the fact, the price of imported products below, than the average customs value of similar goods in the last six months. Despite the availability of direct agreements and contrary to Section 3 Customs Code of Ukraine, Customs authorities invited importers documents, confirming contract price of products. Importers must either provide the following documents, and it is unknown whether they satisfy the customs, or agree to adjust customs value toward its overestimation, explain in the Association.

Adjustment of the customs value toward overstatement is a chronic disease of national customs authorities, said O.Baldynyuk. He noted, that customs systematically overestimates the contract price of imported raw materials Ukrainian confectionery enterprises, and this leads to additional costs to pay import duty, VAT and duties. Despite the court decision on the illegality of such adjustments, return the already paid money to the state budget is a major complication. continue Reading »

12.09.2015 “world Products”

“Ice-cream and cold”, Heading: Ринок

Some television broadcasts about the safety of ice cream domestic production information is presented deliberately negative. Unsubstantiated and categorical conclusions undermines the credibility of final consumers to brands and causes economic and moral damage to the industry.

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Таким чином Асоціація «Укркондпром» відреагувала на Рішення Ради міністрів Республіки Білорусь запровадити дискримінаційну процедуру – обов’язкову санітарно-гігієнічну експертизу імпортної продукції.

Chapter "Ukrkondpromu" said O.Baldynyuk, that in connection with this decision, Ukrainian entry of goods into circulation on the market since Belarus 27 August 2015 y. severely limited.

said O.Baldynyuk, that his actions blatantly violates Belarus Free Trade Agreement of the CIS 2011 year.

Mandatory sanitary-hygienic examination in Belarus does not apply to products, originating in member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, including Russia, and Belarusian goods production.

The Association noted, the Republic of Belarus annually resorted to various technologies blocking access of Ukrainian producers to its market, violating the international commitments of Belarus.

"Belorussia, exploiting the Ukrainian market MFN, which provided her Ukrainian side, and having a positive trade balance of Ukraine in the amount of nearly half a billion dollars, she resorted to illegal methods of administrative block access of Ukrainian goods to the Belarusian market ", said Baldynyuk.

Association "Ukrkondprom" Ukraine has filed a Statement of Economic Development to conduct an investigation to establish the discriminatory and hostile actions by Belarus respect to Ukrainian producers. According to preliminary calculations Association, losses of domestic confectionery industry from such measures are made about Belarus 40 million. UAH. and continues to grow.

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