REUTERS
Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry is going to review the existing port tariffs and fees set by the country’s commercial seaports, reducing them by 60% in two stages, according to Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan.
"I expect that we will reduce the fees in two stages: first, by 30%, and then by another 30%. I think that it [the decision to reduce tariffs] will definitely be adopted before April," Omelyan said at a meeting with envoys of the European Business Association.
Read alsoForeign agricultural companies invest billions in Ukraine’s seaport terminalsHe also spoke about his agreement with the new acting head of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA), Raivis Veckagans, to complete in February the discussions on the revision of tariffs so that the reduced fees could start to be introduced in seaports as early as March.
As UNIAN reported earlier, in early November 2016, the Infrastructure Ministry announced its intention to develop and approve a new method of port fees calculation, providing for a reduction of tariff rates at least twofold before the end of 2017.
In late June, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the reduction by 50% of the rates of seaport fees for the transit of goods in order to attract additional cargo flows.
There are 13 state-run seaports in mainland Ukraine.