The Structure of the customs Tariff of Ukraine

TARIFF REGULATION IN UKRAINE

Main Features Of The Tariffs

General Description And The Structure Of The Customs Tariff Of Ukraine

Types And Features Of Import Duties In Ukraine

4. Free Trade Agreements

MAIN FEATURES OF THE TARIFFS

Please, find the correspondence between terms and definitions:

Simple mean applied tariff,

Weighted mean applied tariff,

Binding coverage,

Simple mean bound rate.

1. ____________________ is the average of effectively applied rates weighted by the product import shares.

2. ___________________ is the unweighted average of effectively applied rates for all products subject to tariffs calculated for all traded goods.

3. ____________________ is the unweighted average of all the lines in the tariff schedule in which bound rates have been set. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable

4. ___________________ is the percentage of product lines with an agreed bound rate. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable.

Country	Most recent year	All products	Primary products	Manufactured products
Binding coverage%	Simple mean bound rate, %	Simple mean tariff, %	Weighted mean tariff, %	Simple mean tariff, %	Weighted mean tariff, %	Simple mean tariff, %	Weighted mean tariff, %
UKRAINE			5.84	4.21	2.06	5.29	1.07	4.08	2.88
RUSSIA
GERMANY
CHINA
USA
UK
TURKEY
POLAND
JAPAN

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB).

http://wdi.worldbank.org/table/6.6

Exercise. Please, fill in the Table above and compare main features of the Customs Tariff of Ukraine with those of the other countries.

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND

THE STRUCTURE OF THE CUSTOMS TARIFF OF UKRAINE

Key words:

Import; Customs duty rates; Law of Ukraine;

Product classifier (nomenclature); Product Code;

Ukrainian classification of goods of foreign economic activity;

Harmonized System for Commodity Description and Coding (HS)

Tariff regulation in Ukraine is based on the Customs Tariff of Ukraine. It is the main tariff regulation instrument.

The Customs Tariff of Ukraine is the schedule of customs duty rates applicable to goods imported to Ukraine.

Customs duty rates in the Customs Tariff of Ukraine are imposed and modified by Verhovna Rada. On July 1, 2001, the new Customs Tariff of Ukraine entered into force by The Law of Ukraine About Customs Tariff od Ukraine. It contains over 11000 tariff articles and looks like 6-column table.

Amounts of customs duties are due to be paid to the customs authorities in ukrainian currency – hrivna – at National Bank of Ukraine rate on the date of import customs declaration.

Table – the Abstract from Customs Tariff of Ukraine

(The Law of Ukraine About Customs Tariff od Ukraine)

Code	Discription	Duty rates, %	Additional unit of measuring
Preferential	Privileged	Full
0706 10 00 00	Carrot…	-			-
0802 50 00 00	Pistachio nuts…	-			-
0804 20 90 00	Dried figs…	-			-
1008 10 00 00	Buckwheat…	-			-
1206 00 10 00	Sunflower seeds for sowing…	-			-
1206 00 99 00	Sunflower seeds.. other…	-			-
1701 99 10 00	White refined sugar …	-			-
1806 31 00 00	Chocolates …	-			-
2207 10 00 90	Ethyl alcohol…	-			-
2402 20 90 20	Cigarettes…	-	1.5 EUR per thousand units	1.5 EUR per thousand units	thousand units
5007 20 51 00	Fabrics made of silk..	-			m^2
	Yarn of wool…	-			m^2
5701 10 10 00	Woolen carpets …	-		30%, but not less than 3,5 EUR per m^2	m^2
6001 21 00 00	Fabrics knitted from wool …	-		15%, but not less than 0,5 EUR per kg	-
6002 90 00 00	Knitted fabrics containing elastomeric yarn…	-	6,5	20	-
8703 24 10 00	Cars…	-			units
	Fresh tomatoes
	Children's tricycle
	Rye
	Honey
	String guitar..
	Artificial fur…
	Tableware made ​​of porcelain (china)…
	Salted lard

Customs Tariff of Ukraine is systemized with UKRAINIAN CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY (UKT ZED)

Ukrainian Classification of Goods of Foreign Economic Activity (UKT ZED) is based on the Harmonized System for commodity description and coding (HS) and the EU's Combined Nomenclature (CN).

In UKT ZED goods are systematized by sections, groups, positions, subpositions, categories, subcategories which are unified with HS and CN.

The structure of 10 symbol code identifying goods includes:

ü the code of group – first 2 symbols;

ü the code of position – first 4 symbols;

ü the code of subposition – first 6 symbols;

ü the code of category – first 8 symbols;

ü the code of subcategory – 10 symbols.

QUESTIONS:

1. How many sections and groups does commodity classifier (nomenclature) consist of? _________________________________

2. How many symbols does code of each classifier (nomenclature) consist of?

ü Harmonized System for Commodity Description and Coding (HS): _______

ü EU's Combined Nomenclature (CN): _________

ü Ukrainian Classification of Goods in Foreign Economic Activity: ________

3. Which levels of code classification of goods do you know?

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