According to him, the Ministry acts more like a lawyer and business now collects information on the results of this collection. A. Abromavicius said that the position of the Ministry on imported collection will be announced in the next week.

As previously reported, Ukraine on February 25 of this year in connection with sharp deterioration of the balance of payments imposed additional import duties on imports, except for critical prescribed in the adopted by the Parliament in late 2014 on the proposal of the government the law On the stabilization of the balance of payments of Ukraine”.

The bill provides that the additional import duty levied on goods imported into the customs territory of Ukraine in the import mode, regardless of their country of origin. Food imports (commodity groups 1-24, according to UCG FEA) is proposed to levy an additional charge of 10%, the remaining goods (groups 25-97) — at the rate of 5%. Polymers and products made of them belong to the group of 39.

In addition, the rate of 10% is introduced for goods which are imported by citizens on the territory of Ukraine. Under the category of essential goods for which duty does not apply, are natural gas, coal, fuel for nuclear power plants, oil and oil products, banknotes and precious metals, humanitarian assistance.