Ukrainian political scientists are concerned about the export of round timber to the EU
In Ukraine, they are trying to “push”, at the request of the European Union, the lifting of the moratorium on cutting down round timber.
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Political scientist Vadim Karasev stated this in his blog.
According to him, changes to legislative acts are already ready, but have not been published anywhere. In return for lifting the moratorium, Ukraine will receive 1,2 billion euros in macro-financial assistance from the EU.
“At the same time, officials introduced a number of norms into the document that, to put it mildly, are surprising. For example, until January 2020, the export of round timber and fuel wood is going to be allowed only under foreign economic contracts, which will have to be registered with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. The registration and registration card, which allows an entrepreneur to send timber for export, will be valid for one year. Then you need to ask permission from the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade again,” he writes.
In this regard, Karasev asks the question: how does the return of contract registration “link up with the course towards deregulation, transparency and the fight against corruption, which is allegedly being carried out by Groysman’s Cabinet?”
“Does the prime minister know about this provision of the bill? Or is this the initiative of his subordinates, which smacks of a desire to leave a loophole for corruption?” Karasev comments on the intentions of Cabinet officials,” says the political scientist.
In addition, he criticized the establishment of a 20% duty on timber exports. According to the political scientist, this is fraught with consequences for Ukraine:
“In response, they will introduce an import duty on Ukrainian wood processing. Who are we trying to fool? Russia has already tried to pull off such a trick, but it didn’t work out. We want to step on the same rake, naively believing that no one will see through our little trick,” he is convinced.
Another Ukrainian political scientist, Taras Zagorodniy, supported the idea of introducing a duty and directly indicated the direction in which European curators need to move:
“We are doing everything right. Romania subsidizes 20 euros per ton for wood processing in its country. At the same time, it banned logging altogether. The EU is going to hell. We are creating an industry and jobs – let them keep their pennies.”
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