The interdepartmental Commission on international trade (mkmt) Ukraine imposed anti-dumping duty on some types of Russian of chocolate and other products with a cocoa content of at the rate of 31.33% of. The restrictions will take effect 30 days after publication of the corresponding resolution and will last for 5 years.
The duty is introduced for the following product categories: chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa; chocolate and chocolate products with cocoa, chocolate candies, filled or not filled, containing alcohol chocolate and chocolate products with cocoa, chocolate candies, filled or not filled, not containing alcohol; sugar confectionery and substitutes therefor made from sugar substitutes, cocoa.
Duty was introduced by results of research of the Ukrainian market, held in 2013-15. Because of the Russian dumping, says the decision mkmt, by 7.63% reduction in the production volumes of chocolate and chocolate products in Ukraine, of 20.85% decrease in sales volumes on the domestic market of Ukraine, by 26.42% fall in profitability of product sales in the domestic market (by 26.42%), by 11.06% reduction in the number of employees involved in production.
We will remind, Ukraine has also resumed duties on the import of Russian fertilizer. The size of the anti-dumping duties have to 31.84%.
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