Ukraine Trade Rep. estimates losses due to declining export to Russia

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"But given the export decline dynamics in 2015 (among other things due to Russia’s restrictions on certain goods), we are talking about approximately $450 million [in losses]," Mykolska said.

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In addition, Russia cancelled a free trade agreement with Ukraine from January 1, 2016, according to which Ukrainian goods entered the Russian territory at a zero rate of the customs tariff. The average tariff of 6% will be applied to Ukrainian import starting from January 1, 2016.