The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Eduard Geger, proposed to the countries of the European Union to permanently abolish the import duty on Ukrainian exports in order to support the Ukrainian economy, which is suffering losses due to the war.. The head of the Slovak government announced this idea on his Twitter on April 27.

“We sincerely welcome and support today's proposal by Valdis Dombkovskis (ECRO Commissioner for Trade, - ed.. ) reduce tariffs on imports from Ukraine to the EU to zero for one year. This is one of the elements of the Slovak plan for Ukraine, which I shared at the summit in Versailles. Only not for a year, but forever, ”wrote Eduard Geger.

Strongly welcome\u0026support today’s proposal of @VDombrovskis to bring tariffs on #Ukraine’s imports to the? down to zero for one year. This is also one of the elements of? Plan for? , which I shared at the summit in #Versailles. Just not for 1 year but for good. @Denys_Shmyhal.

— Eduard Heger (@eduardheger) April 27, 2022.

On the same day, the European Commission proposed to cancel for one year import duties on all Ukrainian exports to the EU countries - such a proposal was published on the website of the European Commission.. In addition to import duties, the European Commission proposes to suspend the European anti-dumping and protective rules that apply to steel products imported from Ukraine. These measures are designed to support the Ukrainian economy, which is suffering losses due to the war..

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" We continue to support Ukraine in these difficult times, - said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. - Both of us (together with Vladimir Zelensky, - ed.. ) agreed on the critical importance of a quick and broad tariff suspension to strengthen the Ukrainian economy."

Recall, on April 26, it became known that the United Kingdom canceled all duties on Ukrainian goods.. In addition, a number of countries are taking the opposite measures against Russia in order to weaken it against the backdrop of the invasion of Ukraine.. So, from April 25, New Zealand introduced special tariffs on imports of goods from Russia in the amount of 35%.. And at the end of March, the Australian government announced a decision to increase the duty to 35% on imports of all products from Russia and Belarus.