Archive 2013

• 20.12.2013

  Workshop “World Trading System: current activity of the WTO and its impact on business”

  

  On December 19, 2013 the Workshop “World Trading System: current activity of the WTO and its impact on business” was held in Vinnytsia. Representatives of businesses, business associations and government participated in the Workshop carried out by the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting in cooperation with Vinnytsia Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Workshop took place in the Vinnytsia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Vinnytsia, Soborna str. 68, conference-hall).

  Tags: trade policy
• 19.12.2013

  Analysis of the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine: a better access to the EU market for light industry manufacturers

  

  The European clothing and footwear market will become more open for Ukrainian manufacturers if Ukraine signs the Association Agreement (AA) with the EU. The weighted average EU import duty on textiles and clothing will be reduced from 11% to 0% during the first year after a free trade area under the AA will be established.

  Tags: Association Agreement
• 18.12.2013

  Association Agreement with the EU will help increase exports of Ukrainian food to Europe

  

  Association Agreement with the EU will help increase exports of Ukrainian food to Europe. This will become possible due to cancellation of most import duties on imports to the EU. From the current level of 5.8% customs rate will fall to 0.4% immediately after the Agreement’s the entry into force, and three years later they will equal 0.3%.

  Tags: Association Agreement
• 17.12.2013

  Association Agreement with the EU helps protect employee rights

  

  Association Agreement with the EU helps protect employee rights. The minimum period of paid leave may be increased to 28 days, whereas now it is 24 days.

  Tags: Association Agreement
• 14.12.2013

  The impact of the EU-Ukraine DCFTA on agricultural trade

  

  Provided that the entry into force of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU Ukrainian export of agricultural products to the EU would have increased by 20%, while imports to Ukraine would have increased by 7%. Such are the results of the study "The impact of the EU-Ukraine DCFTA on agricultural trade" made by the experts of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER) ​​in the framework of the project " German-Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue".

• 13.12.2013

  Analysis of the Association Agreement with the EU: the impact on agriculture

  

  Recently, a large number of comments on the content of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union have been made, but often the authors lay out the contents of the agreements inadequately. Therefore Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER) began publishing a series of short informative materials about the consequences of signing the Ukrainian economy as a whole and for individual industries.

  Tags: Association Agreement
• 12.12.2013

  Analysis of the Association Agreement with the EU: overall impact on the economy of Ukraine

  

  Recently, a large number of comments on the content of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union have been made, but often the authors lay out the contents of the agreements inadequately.

  Tags: Association Agreement
• 12.12.2013

  New issue of Monthly Economic Monitor Ukraine No.12 (158)

  

  Ukrstat revised upwards real GDP in the third quarter but it still declined by 1.3% yoy (as compared to preliminary estimate at 1.5% yoy). This was a fifth quarter of declining GDP on year-to-year basis. Real private final consumption growth at 6.7% yoy contributed 5 p.p to GDP growth.

• 03.12.2013

  New Issue of the Newsletter "Information of the WTO members" No.27

  

  Introducing to your attention the issue of the newsletter "Information of the WTO members» No.27, which is a regular information product of the project "Trade policy and practice in Ukraine". Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting implements this project in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and the National Board of Trade of Sweden.

  Tags: trade policy
• 27.11.2013

  Low profits impede business investing

  

  For business in Dnipropetrovsk and Lviv regions, low profit is a major factor that hinders investment in its development. It has been demonstrated by the enterprises survey held by the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting within the study ‘Investments as a Path to the Effective Economic Development of the Territories’ in 2013. The aim of this study was to analyze investment climate in Dnipropetrovsk and Lviv regions and to offer local government the tools and mechanisms to stimulate investment based on the obtained results.