Rada adopted in first reading the draft law on the conduct of duty on import
The Parliament of Ukraine at a meeting on Thursday adopted in the first reading the draft law on the introduction of import duty For the stabilization of the balance of payments and increase the budget of the parish funds. The proper solution supported 237 parliamentarians When the required minimum of 226 votes.
The document must still pass the second reading. It is planned that it will be effective from 1 January 2015.
Import Collection is introduced because of the negative balance of payments of Ukraine, a significant reduction of foreign currency reserves of the National Bank and the need to increase revenues to the state budget, is written in an explanatory paper for the law. It is expected that this measure will be introduced According to the 12th article of the GATT 1994 (one of the main WTO agreements), which gives the opportunity to introduce import limits To maintain balance.
The collection is introduced at 12 months from 1 January 2015, is listed in the bill. For food items rate will be 10% and For all other - 5%. In this case the charge will not be levied on import " vitally needed items: gas, oil and oil products, coal, nuclear power plant fuel, energy and humanitarian assistance.
deputies with only 3 attempts took the appropriate Document. According to the people's Deputy faction " Batkivshchyna " Hryhoriy Nemyria, the introduction of import collection contradicts several points of the Treaty of Union with the EU, and will help the growth of smuggling.
for its part, the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko said that the introduction of a duty on imports will only be temporary." This is a temporary rule that gives us 17, 6 billion (just over $ 1 billion) in the budget. About This we asked our partners from the IMF. That is, from the international partners of the questions will not, " said Yaresko, speaking in Parliament. By her expression, reduction of import will enable Ukraine to balance the balance of payments.
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