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Ukraine to impose special custom duty on imports from Belarus

Xinhua, November 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Ukraine will impose a special custom duty of 39.2 percent on certain products imported from Belarus starting from Jan. 20, 2016, the country's Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICIT) said Wednesday.

The move was adopted in response to Minsk's decision to introduce the compulsory sanitary and hygienic examination for beer and confectionery imported from Ukraine, the ICIT said in a statement published by the state-run newspaper The Government's Courier.

According to the statement, the new import tariffs will apply to Belarusian-made dairy products, confectionery, bakery, malt beer, vodka, cleaning supplies and tools, automobile tires, as well as some types of refrigerators and farm tractors.

The special custom duty will remain in place until Minsk lifts its restrictions against Ukrainian products, the statement said.

In August, Belarus introduced the new custom rules, under which a range of foreign products should undergo compulsory sanitary and hygienic examination each time crossing the border. The list of products include some food items, cosmetics, furniture and construction materials.

In the first half of 2015, bilateral trade turnover between Ukraine and Belarus fell by 44 percent to 1.6 billion U.S. dollars. Endi