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According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the total volume of imports of listed items to Ukraine from the Russian Federation in 2018 was worth nearly $510 million.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has prohibited from July 1 imports of motor vehicles, and from March 1, 2020, imports of rail and tram cars from the Russian Federation, that's according to Cabinet Resolution of May 15, 2019, No. 535 "On Amendments to the List of Goods originating from the Russian Federation prohibited from being imported into the customs territory of Ukraine", which was published today.
As indicated in the document, in addition to these goods, the embargo extends from July 1, 2019, to raw materials for the manufacture of all ready-made types of cement, as well as mineral (nitrogen, potash and phosphate) fertilizers, animal feed and products of veterinary medicine, matches, plywood products, wallpaper, products of light industry, in particular, certain types of knitwear and footwear, carbon steel wires, metal wires, pipes, tubes, metal nets, fasteners, steel utensils, equipment for the production of bakery products and vehicles (cars, motorcycles, tractors, etc.).
In addition, since March 1, 2020, the import of used rail and tram cars is prohibited.
Partner with law firm Ilyashev & Partners, Alyona Omelchenko, noted in a comment to UNIAN that, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the total volume of imports of listed items to Ukraine from the Russian Federation in 2018 was worth nearly $510 million.
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According to Omelchenko, expanding the list of Russian goods falling under the embargo in Ukraine is a response to the restrictions imposed by the Russian authorities in April 2019.
"This, in particular, is the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 18, 2019, No. 460-25 'On protective measures in trade and economic relations with Ukraine.' This is the most significant expansion of the list of prohibited goods imported from the Russian Federation over the past three years. It is noteworthy that the measures were introduced on the basis of proposals from various industry associations and individual Ukrainian producers," she noted.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Government of Russia's Decree No. 460-25 dated April 18, 2019, extended restrictions on the import of goods, the country of origin of which is Ukraine, and for the first time banned the export of a number of goods from Russia to Ukraine.