Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has extended retaliatory duties on goods imports from Russia for 2018, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman considers a problem the lack of preferences for Ukrainian producers in the ProZorro public e-procurement system.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted in the first reading the draft law on granting preferences to national producers in public procurement, which contradicts the Association Agreement with the European Union, even if their price offers are 25% to 43% more expensive than those of competitors.
Ukrainian exports to the U.S. in January-July 2017 grew 2.2 times year-over-year, amounting to $471 million, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported on Twitter, citing Minister Stepan Kubiv's address during the seventh meeting of the Ukrainian-American Trade and Investment Council.