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The measures will completely abolish EU import duties on all Ukrainian exports, including steel, for one year

This restriction has been has been working for 20 years

The problem is that the negotiations are closed and the business lacks an understanding of what will be included in the text of the agreement

Minister Svyrydenko suggests that the recent agreements between the U.S. and the EU give grounds to expect the duties to be lifted

Extension of that safeguard will make it possible to settle the situation around provision of steel companies with raw materials

That protective measure expires in September 2021

Ukraine’s imports of wire rod increased by 20.3% to 72.6 thousand tons in 2020

The safeguard measures were first imposed in 2013 and are now extended for five more years

Country-specific tariff quotas apply to 11 categories, global ones — to gas pipes

Arvedi CEO believes that this initiative can protect the EU steel industry

The review of the duties was initiated by Ukrainian Interpipe