16 September 2020 year in Kiev was held Conference "Confectionery industry in the face of new challenges", in which the president of the Association took part “Ukrkondprom”- Oleksandr Baldyniuk.
During his speech, Alexander Baldynyuk said, that according to the results of the first half 2020 Exports of Ukrainian confectionery products remained at about the same level as last year (115 thousand tons exported to 6 months 2020 ., while in the first half of 2019. this figure was 114.7 thousand tons), the dynamics of export growth slowed down, including through Covid-19. Regarding imports, then the vast majority of confectionery products are now imported to Ukraine from countries such as: Poland (31%), Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey(9,3%).
Alexander Baldynyuk also spoke about the problems of the industry, including, regarding the need for legislative regulation of registration of places of alcohol storage, used for own production needs as an ingredient; limiting the number of trans isomers in food; lack of the State Register of Food Additives, etc..
Ukraine against the background of the introduction by Turkey of an additional duty on imports of confectionery products in the amount of 15% before 20% may stop exporting confectionery to this country and lose because of it $ 15 million per year, said the president of the Association “Ukrkondprom” Oleksandr Baldyniuk. Association “Ukrkondprom” sent a letter to the Ministry of Economic Development, of Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine to the Deputy Minister, Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka, in which it was reported, that Turkey's decision to impose additional duties will lead to the cessation of Ukrainian confectionery exports to Turkey. Ukraine's losses may reach $ 15 million. We are waiting for a response from our state to this decision of Turkey “, – said Alexander Baldynyuk in a comment to the agency” Interfax-Ukraine “. The President of the Association noted, that Ukraine, upon accession to the WTO, signed a bilateral protocol with Turkey on mutual market access on unequal terms in the trade in sweets. “Ukraine has agreed to apply duties on Turkish confectionery in the amount of 5 before 15% depending on the product group, while similar Ukrainian goods are taxed at the same level by Turkey 35-45%, moreover, the country collects quite complex to calculate duties – in addition to cost and specific duties, an additional duty on agricultural components is also applied. But despite the fact, that Turkey imposes much higher duties on us, we have a parity trade turnover “, – explained Alexander Baldinyuk. The full text of the article can be found at the link:https://interfax.com.ua/news/economic/681705.html
WITH 4 February 2021 year in Ukraine will be the rules, who have proven their safety, efficiency and operate in Europe more 14 years.
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has approved updated state sanitary rules and regulations on the maximum permissible levels of certain contaminants in food (order №1238 from 22 May 2020 year).
The order comes into force through 6 months from the date of its official publication, except for certain indicators, for which an additional 3-year transition period is established.
It should be emphasized, that on the conviction of business, this will primarily eliminate trade barriers, as the value of indicators will be harmonized with EU countries, including, regulated norms for the amount of nitrates in some types of lettuce (rocket, etc.); the amount of mycotoxins in nuts, etc., which will allow their import from EU countries.
