The Verkhovna Rada generally supported bill No. 7548-1, which exempts from taxation the import duty on imports to Ukraine of polymer bags and sleeves for storing grains and oilseeds, as well as equipment for their filling, loading / unloading. According to MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, 304 people's deputies voted for the relevant bill at a meeting on Wednesday..

This law will help solve the problem of ensuring proper storage of grain, because part of Ukraine's granaries was occupied or destroyed, and part is still filled with grain that could not be exported due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the blocking of seaports by the aggressor.

According to the text of the document, Ukraine needs about 80 thousand. polyethylene sleeves for grain storage in order to save crop surpluses that will accumulate at farms until the end of the current season.

Exemption from taxation of import duties on the import of bags, sleeves and special equipment for storing grain directly in the fields will help increase their import to Ukraine and reduce the cost.

The explanatory note also notes that this measure will save the harvest of this season, since in the conditions of the military invasion of the Russian Federation, by the end of 2022, a deficit of 10-15 million tons of elevator capacities is expected in Ukraine..

At the same time, the provisions of the law do not apply to goods originating in a country recognized by the occupying state..

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Recall that in mid-June, in order to solve the problem of grain storage, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine turned to the governments of the United States, Canada, Great Britain and the EU with a request to provide mobile granaries.

The first batch of polymer sleeves for grain storage has already arrived in Ukraine.

Recall that on July 22, Ukraine, Turkey and Russia, with the support of the UN Secretary General, agreed to ensure the safe export of grain from the Ukrainian ports " Supervision over the implementation of the agreement will be carried out by a special coordination center.

Nevertheless, on the morning of July 23, the Russians launched a missile attack on the port of Odessa, damaging infrastructure.