Ukraine

of inhabitants - 2010 (estimates after 2008)
Current GDP: 102,9 Billions

of euros - 2010 (estimates after 2009)
GDP per capita: 2.262,7 Euros - 2010 (estimates after 2008)

Exports-to-GDP ratio: 36,1 % (2010)
Imports-to-GDP ratio: 43,5 % (2010)
Trade-to-GDP ratio: 79,7 % (2010)

chemicals, machinery and transport equipment
food products

services
Royalties and license fees
Advertising, market research
Research and development
Architectural, engineering and

other technical services
Legal, accounting, management consulting and public relations
Agricultural, mining and on-site processing services
Government services
Other services

% (2010)

clothes
Other products
Millions of euros

the countries of post USSR union

The major Ukrainian import partners

consist of the period from June 2009 through May 2010,

however, only statistical reports on foreign trade as of March 2010 inclusive was available

seen in the first year of Ukraine’s WTO membership, continued3.

In particular, the share decreased by 6% during the second year as compared to the first membership year– down to 32% in the export structure. During 2005-2008, export supplies of metal products were within 41-43%.

METAL PRODUCTS

Ukraine demonstrating growth during the financial and economic crisis: for

example, gross output growth in 2009 was 0.1% year-on-year. All other sectors demonstrated production decline indicators. Positive results of agricultural operations became possible due to successful export activities as well.

Agricultural products

of this sector’s products in the general structure of export

deliveries. Ukraine’s industry lost almost a half of its capacity during 1995-1999; for example, industrial output index was within 49-51% in that period if we take the 1990 figure as 100%. Such trends adversely affected competitiveness of Ukrainian-made industrial products at the global markets.

Ukraine’s WTO membership, export deliveries of chemical products dropped by

33% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. This is the second position in terms of export volume decline after metallurgical complex products.

not change in the second year of the
WTO membership.

Like in the previous years, key consumers of Ukrainian-made goods
include the CIS countries – 35% in the structure, and the EU-27 – 24%.

during its
second year of the WTO membership were mainly

determined by impacts of a global
financial crisis:

industrial output decline caused a decrease in Ukrainian enterprises’ demand for raw materials and energy resources;

decreasing investment activity affected reduction in the needs for import of
machine-building products, equipment, vehicles, and other technological goods;

abrupt contraction in consumer lending and people’s income caused a decline in importation of consumer goods: household appliances, motor cars, and foodstuffs;

restricted access to financial resources necessary to carry out import transactions;

hryvnia devaluation increased the cost of imported goods.

COMMODITY STRUCTURE OF IMPORT

crisis also affected the geographic structure of import commodity deliveries

to Ukraine. A tendency toward decrease in the CIS share, seen in the previous year, stopped ; besides, imports to Ukraine from the CIS countries in value terms declined the least as compared with other regions of the world – by 26%, whereas total import reduction amounted to 33%.

taxation and regulation is a basic WTO principle, i.e. imported

goods shall be granted no less favourable treatment than domestic ones.

Ukraine

requirements related to import of goods, statistical control, documents, customs

clearance, certification, inspection and analysis, or any changes in those regulations, formalities and requirements at customs offices must be published by a WTO Member State for timely notification of importers.

non-protectionist purposes based on scientific justification and with no unnecessary

obstacles to international trade.
All national and regional standards shall be voluntary except those referred to protect national security interests, prevent deceptive practices, protect human, animal or plant life or health and environment.

and Kazakhstan with no serious complication is possible subject to

the following conditions being met:
accession of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to the WTO;
adoption by Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan of trade tariff barriers to third-party countries at a level not higher than adopted by Ukraine when joining the WTO;
affiliation of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, already as WTO members, to Ukraine’s negotiations on a free-trade area (FTA) with the EU. If Ukraine has already had a FTA with the EU at that moment, the FTA will be established on terms agreed between the five countries.

Belarus and Kazakhstan without the above-stated conditions, it would mean

the following to Ukraine:
dissolution of Ukraine’s existing agreement with the WTO and commencement of negotiations with the WTO on new terms;
complication of negotiations with the EU on a free-trade area and their postponement until Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan join WTO.

industrial goods
sugar - 50%
sunflower seed oil - 30%
Other products with

tariff ceilings of 25% include certain radio-broadcast receivers, catgut, and certain conveyor/transmission belts

all 11 “core” service sectors
business services
communication services
construction and related

engineering services
Distribution
education and environmental services
financial services (insurance and banking)
health and social services
tourism and travel
Recreational
cultural and sporting services
and transport services

list of tariffs, quotas and ceilings on agricultural subsidies, and

in some cases the timetable for phasing in the tariff cuts
Ukraine’s commitments on services — a 40-page document outlining the services in which Ukraine is giving access to foreign service providers on a non-discriminatory basis and any additional conditions, including limits on foreign ownership
The Working Party report — a 240 page document describing Ukraine’s legal and institutional set up for trade, along with commitments it has made in many of the areas covered by the report.

exports/imports
(2006)
Commercial services exports: USD10.671 billion
Commercial services imports: USD8.484

billion

membership
in the WTO

– by 55%
the lowest decrease was in supplies from

Asia – by 14%;

50%
The least of all from the CIS – by 26%

environment at global markets;
hryvnia devaluation in 2008-2009 also improved competitiveness

of Ukrainianmade
agricultural products;
due to the financial crisis, freight rates became substantially lower than before
the crisis;
lifting and non-introduction by the Ukrainian government of new quantitative
export restrictions for agriculture that do not comply with the WTO
requirements.

Reasons for the lowest decline
of export supplies

the needs for import of
machine-building products, equipment, vehicles, and other

technological goods;
industrial output decline caused a decrease in Ukrainian enterprises’ demand for
raw materials and energy resources;
abrupt contraction in consumer lending and people’s income caused a decline in
importation of consumer goods: household appliances, motor cars, and foodstuffs;
restricted access to financial resources necessary to carry out import transactions;
hryvnia devaluation increased the cost of imported goods.

committees and subcommittees
Committee on Technical Barriers,
Committee on Intellectual Property (TRIPS),
meetings of

the Council for TRIPS,
Committee of Import Licensing,
Committee for Regional Trade Agreements,
Committee for Customs Valuation,
Committee for Balance of Payments,
Committee for Government Procurement,
Committee for Agriculture.

drafting a law on financial support for export (export insurance

and lending);
expanding a range of Ukrainian export goods by increasing supplies of hi-tech products;
establishing a wide-scale information system on foreign trade, and encouraging small and medium-size business to export activities;
carrying out state monitoring of global prices in certain commodity markets as well as monitoring and forecasting of conditions in domestic and foreign markets of industrial and agricultural products and providing information to enterprises;
ensuring reformation of the national system of technical regulation according to the WTO and EU requirements;
increasing the expert level of domestic business associations, and intensifying their participation in the WTO activities.