Yushchenko is overlaid by additional duties on imported bacon.

KommentariiNa dne17.02.2009Ukraina classify data on GDP and reported on the decline promproizvodstvaImport to Ukraine a number of products, including eggs, wine, alcohol and fat, will be subject to temporary additional duty of 13 per cent. The law signed President Viktor Yushchenko. That was reported by Interfax. "
Additional fee is also subject to frozen beef, pork, sausage, sausages, meat and fish preserves, liqueurs, vermouth, and spirits. In addition, the list included non-food items: shoes, clothes, cars, refrigerators and many other products.
Protective tariff would allow local producers to become more competitive on the Ukrainian market. Ukraine believes that it will help restore the economy in crisis.
Recall that the global economic crisis has led to a decline in GDP in most developed and developing countries, including Ukraine. At the same time, many States have hastily made plans to support local economies, which have helped to restore GDP.
In Russia, the main method of combating the import was the devaluation of the ruble. In terms of reducing the cost of the national currency to buy goods abroad is becoming uneconomical. In Ukraine in recent months hryvna also significantly cheaper to major currencies. According to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in large part caused the devaluation began manipulation of course, with the support of the National Bank of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko.