Lobbying news
21.12.2017
Agrarians got the intermediate victory
Rada postponed the introduction of the regulation on the abolition of VAT refunds for the soy export until September 2018 and the rapeseed export until January 2020.
more20.12.2017
UCAB insists on fulfilling conditions of the agrarians
After the illegal adoption of amendment №180 to the Tax Code and the State Budget for 2018, UCAB with the leading agrarian associations of Ukraine began to protect the interests of agrarians.
more01.12.2017
Priority markets for agrarian products is determined
UCAB, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection and Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine unite efforts for further development and creation of favorable conditions for export.
more30.11.2017
Innovative plant protection products remain blocked for the second consecutive season
Ukrainian producers of agricultural products cannot access the new generation of plant protection products designed for more effective control of pests and diseases, which reduces their competitive edge.
more28.11.2017
The EU prolonged the glyphosate using for the next 5 years.
UCAB welcomes the decision of the European Commission to extend the license for the glyphosate using for another 5 years. The Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” expressed its concern about the intentions of the European Union to ban the use of this active substance in EU countries and addressed a letter to the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine.
more06.10.2017
UCAB opposes the test regime of the system for blocking tax invoices
The Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” sent an official appeal to Nina Yuzhanina, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Tax and Customs Policy, requesting the rejection of the Bill No. 7115.
more03.10.2017
Agrarian associations expressed their proposals on state support for agro-industrial complex in 2018
On October 4, a round table on “How to make state support of agribusiness in 2018 as effective as possible” was held. At the meeting, the heads of agricultural profile associations, members of the Public Council under the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, people's deputies formed the position of the sector on the order of the target programs and the use of state support funds for 2018.
more25.09.2017
State support in amount of UAH 3.6 billion. Commentary by Taras Vysotskyi
The amount of allocated state support for the agro-industrial sector in the draft budget amounted to UAH 3.6 billion. General Director of the Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” told about how budget finance will be distributed.
more06.09.2017
UCAB entered the working group on preventing of land raiding
On September 5, Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations held a meeting on “Raiding in the agrarian sector. The activities of state authorities for preventing the agrarian enterprises take-over”, attended by representatives of UCAB Land Relations Committee.
more21.07.2017
Vasil Kisil & Partners Prepared Jointly with UCAB and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy the Manual “Doing Agribusiness in Ukraine: Legal Guidance for Foreign Investors”
Vasil Kisil & Partners acting jointly with Ukrainian Agribusiness Club and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine prepared the manual “Doing Agribusiness in Ukraine: Legal Guidance for Foreign Investors.”
more16.03.2017
Shutdown of chemical factories threatens disruption of sowing campaign
Association ‘Ukrainian Agribusiness Club’, People's Deputies of Ukraine, members of the Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations applied to Volodymyr Hroisman, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, with the issue concerning urgent resumption of the Ukrainian chemical factories.
more28.11.2016
National safety is in danger due to insufficient funding for the State Foods and Consumer Service
Public professional organizations of agricultural sector, i.e. Association ‘Ukrainian Agribusiness Club’, All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council, Union of Poultry Farmers of Ukraine, Meat Production Industrial Corporation and Association of Pig Producers of Ukraine wrote an open letter to Volodymyr Hroisman, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, requesting to increase financing for anti-epizootic measures.
more23.11.2016
The Cabinet of Ministers updated 20-year-old regulatory monetary value
Official website of The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine presented Resolution ‘On Approval of Methodology for Regulatory Monetary Value of Agricultural Lands’ dated 11 November 2016.
more11.11.2016
The right to dispose state-owned lands should be transferred to the local councils, - UCAB stated
Social professional organizations of agricultural sector applied to Andriy Parubiy, the Head of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, to facilitate speedy adoption of the draft Law No.4355 dated 31.03.2016 ‘On Amending Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Broadening of Powers Vested on Local Self-Government Authorities in Land Resources Management and Strengthening State Control over Use and Protection of Lands’.
more10.11.2016
Farmers are demanding to solve the problem with grain crops transportation
Association ‘Ukrainian Agribusiness Club’ applied to Volodymyr Hroisman, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, to intervene in a critical situation with transportation of grain freights by railway. The relevant application letter was submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers on 10 November.
more04.11.2016
Agribusiness can lose up to USD 1.2 billion annually because of the populist members of parliament
The experts of UCAB note that enactment of a Bill No.5300 on additional export duty will completely destroy the investment climate in Ukraine and can lead to loosing investments amounting to USD 1.2 billion annually for the agricultural sector.
more06.10.2016
UCAB supports the bill № 5225 on the improvement of the tax system in the sphere of land relations and agriculture
Draft Law offers to establish minimum social commitment of 1 hectare and leave the special regime of taxation for animal husbandry, horticulture, viticulture, horticulture and the production of sugar beet.
more05.10.2016
Registration of agricultural machinery ceased in Ukraine
UCAB addressed an open letter to Maksym Martynuk, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine with a request to establish a mechanism for registration and deregistration of agricultural equipment.
more12.09.2016
UCAB calls the Government to speed up the registration of plant protection products
In an open letter to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman, the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness club" and the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine called the Government to solve the problem of restoring the state registration of new plant protection products immediately.
more25.08.2016
Agrarian business associations against fertilizers import limitations
Agribusiness NGOs in Ukraine do not support administrative price regulations asking for abolishment of anti-dumping custom duties for ammonium nitrate and other additional implementations of duties for carbamide, mixed ammonium nitrate with carbamide
more09.08.2016
Emphyteusis as mortgage instrument
The UCAB Association in cooperation with Union of poultry companies, Ukrainian agro association, National Agriculture Council of Ukraine and Land Union of Ukraine stand for law act project # 4010 “On development of law regulation of land usage for agricultural purposes (emphyteusis)”, registered in Supreme Council of Ukraine on July 15, 2016.
more20.07.2016
The UCAB Association calls to abolish export custom’s tariffs for flax and false flax’s seeds
The Association Ukrainian Agribusiness Club stands for abolishment of export tariffs for seeds of flax and false flax. Nowadays 10% export custom tariff is applicable in Ukraine for sunflower, flax and false flax’s seeds aiming to facilitate internal processing in the country to expand export of oils and other processing products. Nevertheless, such custom tariff has no any crux concerning flax’s seeds. International market operators don’t deal with flax’s oil. Thus, flax’s seeds trade value on global markets has reached M 868 USD, whereas global value of flax’s oil trade counted only at M 121 USD.
more11.07.2016
The UCAB Association requests to consider agribusiness’ proposals to the Tax Code changes
The Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” salutes common initiative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on issues of taxation legislation, Supreme Council of Ukraine and the Ministry of finance of Ukraine concerning urgency of tax law optimization, including aspects of agro business. Along with, the UCAB’s Tax Committee has issued drafted project of changes to tax legislation, which are designed to simplify co-work of agro business entities and authorities.
more10.06.2016
UCAB supports custom duty cancellation for oil flax
Law project “About rates of export customs on seed of certain types of plants" registered under number of 4734 in the parliament on May 31, 2016 regarding cancellation of export custom on oil flax, granulated or not, and false flax. Association UCAB supports this initiative as planned cancellation will allow increasing production and export.
more20.05.2016
Which reforms needed for agro education?
Round table “Agro education – business expectations” organized by the Association “Ukrain-ian Agribusiness Club”, agency AgriEvent, Federation of agro industry employers and “Agroosvita” held on May 19, 2016. Business, government, NGOs and related entities’ repre-sentatives have discussed current issues and perspectives of agro education, its compliance with most recent practical urgencies and business willingness to participate in education de-velopment.
more11.05.2016
UCAB supports decrease of custom duty on livestock’s export
Government intends to lower custom duty for animal breeding companies on export deals with livestock.
more11.05.2016
Agro business needs land strategy vision – UCAB
During planned six months law act draft on agro land market issues has not been registered in parliament.
more07.04.2016
Agrarians are reporting about high levels of corruption in the profile state agencies
Agribusiness Club” in March 2016 – the level of corruption in government regulatory services is still remaining at high level. Agrarians named the most corrupt authorities: The State Service of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadaster in Ukraine, State Automobile Inspection of Ukraine and State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. The newly created State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection showed the most significant reductions of corruption.
more15.02.2016
Agrarian associations demand to stabilize the situation in the fertilizers market
Nongovernment professional organizations have addressed to the Cabinet of Ministers and the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk a request to stabilize the situation in the market of mineral fertilizers in Ukraine with the purpose to give domestic agricultural producers better access to them. The corresponding letter was signed by leaders of such organizations: Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club", Agrarian Union of Ukraine, Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine, Association "Union of Feed Producers of Ukraine”, "Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation", "Ukrainian Agrarian Association”.
more03.02.2016
Cancelling export duty on flax will double production
Ukrainian Agribusiness Club supports cancelling export duty on flax seeds. In case it is cancelled in 2016, the industrial areas under this crop can be doubled in two or three years. And the increased exports of flax seeds can bring additional USD 45-50 mln, and potentially more.
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