REUTERS
Ukraine hopes for a speedy abolition of an anti-dumping duty, which has been applied for Ukrainian steel ropes imports to the European Union over the past 19 years, Ukraine's Trade Envoy Natalia Mykolska said on Facebook.
"We expect that the European Union will in the coming days cancel the anti-dumping duty on imports of steel ropes from Ukraine after nearly 19 years. The duty is the latest anti-dumping measure against Ukrainian exports to the EU," Mykolska said.
She also stressed that because of the duties, the European market was actually closed for PJSC Stalkanat-Silurian, the largest Ukrainian manufacturer of this type of products.
Read alsoCountries exporting steel pipes to Ukraine use 87% of 2016 quota"The Ukrainian manufacturer and the Economic Development and Trade Ministry have been actively working with the European Commission since 2014, which led to a significant decrease in anti-dumping duties in 2015, to 10.5%. Now we await the official publication of the decision [on the abolition of duty]," she said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the share of the European market in total Ukrainian exports accounted for 37.5% in 11 months of 2016, amounting to $12.2 billion, which was 3.1% up year-over-year.
The key groups of export staples are farm produce ($3.6 bln), metalware ($2.8 bln), engineering products (about $2 bln), fertilizers ($1.2 bln), wood and products of its processing ($816 mln), light industry products ($734 mln), and chemical industry products ($427 mln). In general, 13 regions of Ukraine showed positive dynamics of exports to the European Union.