China views Ukraine as platform for exports to EU – trade envoy

"China sees Ukraine as a country from where it could deliver products to the EU market," Mykolska wrote on Facebook, following a Nov. 20 meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation.

According to the official, China is also ready to import finished food products, vegetables, fruits, machinery products developed with unique technologies, special automotive equipment, crafted products, and clothing.

"Our products are in demand because they are of high quality and are supplied at a competitive price, through e-commerce. There is a great interest in intensifying cooperation with the Ukrainian small and medium-sized business," the trade envoy stressed.

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"We discussed many important issues: from enhancing Ukraine-China trade, attracting investment in projects on agriculture and food processing, and production of industrial goods for export to 'green energy'," Mykolska wrote.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine and China last week held a meeting of the government subcommittee on trade and economic cooperation, as well as signed a protocol on investment programs and increase in trade.

China is among Ukraine’s 10 major trade partners. The most popular staple of Ukrainian exports to China is food products. In late 2016, the two states held preliminary consultations on establishing a Ukraine-China Free Trade Area (FTA).

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