Ukraine submitted to the WTO the third lawsuit against Russia due to import restrictions

The Ukrainian side has requested to hold consultations with Russia concerning the ban of juices, Beers and confectionery.

Ukraine filed to the world trade organization a new lawsuit against the Russian Federation concerning restriction of imports of food and industrial products. This was stated by the trade representative of Ukraine – Deputy Minister of economic development and trade Natalia Mykolskiy on his page on Facebook.

“Ukraine has filed a new lawsuit against Russia in the WTO regarding the limitation of imports of food and industrial products. Today, Ukraine put in a request for consultations with the Russian Federation”, – she wrote.

According to her, the claim for limits of Russia’s import from Ukraine of juices, beer, confectionery and Wallpaper.

“In 2013-2015, Russia introduced a number of measures to restrict imports of juices, beer, confectionery, Wallpapers of the Ukrainian origin. As a consequence, the exports in Russia, the traditional market, in fact, stopped. Therefore, Ukraine today sent a requirement for consultations with the Russian Federation concerning restrictive measures in respect of imports of juices, beer, confectionery, Wallpapers,” – said the trade representative.

Mykolska emphasized that the suit in the WTO to Russia is the third.

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