WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/UKR/1 
26 February 2009 
 (09-1012) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 19 February 2009,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Ukraine .  The notification concerns the administration of tariff and other quota 
commitments ( Table MA:1) for the calendar year 2009.  
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MARKET ACCESS:  Ukraine 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2009 
 
Implementation of market access opportun ities: tariff and other quota commitments 
 
Description of products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description Description of import arrangement applicable 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I 
of the schedule) (from Section I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule)  
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Raw cane sugar 
 
 
 
 1701.11 (a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS:  See A nnex for 2009 Quota Year allocations. 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS: 
(i) Import license issued by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine is required. 
(ii), (iii) A total quota of 263,900 tonnes will be allocated pro rata at the proportion as: 
- 260 tonnes - to any subject of foreign ec onomic activities from Paraguay. 
- 210,912 tonnes (80%) - to any subject of foreign ec onomic activities from 
supplying countries with historical im port performance during 2001, 2003 and 2004. 
- 52,728 tonnes (20%) - to any subject of foreign ec onomic activities from the new 
supplying countries. 
(iv) Import licenses are issued for the term  not longer than 31 December 2009 and valid 
within the framework of tariff quota.  In th e case of exhausting of the set, quota 
acceptance of requests on delivery of lic enses is halted.  Licenses are not 
transferable. 
(c) OTHER ARRANGE MENTS:  None applicable. 
(d) OTHER INFORMATION:  The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 1002 of 
12 November 2008 approves the procedure for TRQ allocation.  The Order of the Ministry of 
Economy of Ukraine "About the Procedure of I ssuance of Licenses for Import of Raw Cane 
Sugar to Ukraine Within Framework of Tariff Quota" No. 15 of 20 January 2009 (registered at 
the Ministry of Justice on 9 February 2009) contains more detailed information on such 
provisions (an English unofficial translation is attached).  Further information is available on 
www.me.gov.ua . 
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  Annex:  Allocation the Tariff Rate Quota on Imported Raw Cane Sugar to Ukraine in 2009 
  
(tons) 
Total amount of annual tariff rate quota 263,900.000 
including:  for Paraguay 260.000 
Section 1 - 80 % of the quota - for supplying countries 210,912.000 
No. Country of origin Specific weight in 
imports for three 
years, % Quota amount by 
proportion 
1 Brazil 73.5812% 155,191.573 
2 Columbia 3.0060% 6,339.969 
3 Cuba 7.7928% 16,436.028 
4 El Salvador 2.7219% 5,740.740 
5 Guatemala 3.8775% 8,178.035 
6 Guyana 0.5373% 1,133.136 
7 Latvia 1.1465% 2,418.210 
8 Nicaragua 0.8252% 1,740.519 
9 Peru 0.9732% 2,052.565 
10 Republic of South Africa 1.0090% 2,128.042 
11 Switzerland 0.0538% 113.571 
12 Thailand 4.2305% 8,922.702 
13 The United States of America 0.2448% 516.352 
14 Denmark 0.0000% 0.015 
15 The Netherlands 0.0003% 0.542 
 TOTAL 100.0000% 210,912.000 
Section 2 - 20 % of the quota - for new supplying countries 52,728.000 
 
 
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  CABINET OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE 
 
RESOLUTION 
of 12 November 2008 No.1002  
Kyiv  
ON APPROVING THE PROCEDURE FOR ALLOCATING THE TARIFF RATE 
QUOTA ON IMPORTED RAW CANE SUGAR INTO UKRAINE  
Pursuant to the Law of Ukraine "On Establishing a Tariff Rate Quota on Importing Raw Cane Sugar 
into Ukraine" the Cabinet of Ministers hereby resolves:  
1. To approve the attached Procedure for Alloca ting the Tariff rate quota on Imported Raw Cane 
Sugar into Ukraine.  
2. This Resolution shall take effect as of 1 January 2009.  
   
The Prime Minister of Ukraine   Yu. TYMOSHENKO  
 
 
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Procedure 
for Allocating the Tariff Rate Quota on Imported Raw Cane Sugar into Ukraine 
1. This Procedure shall determine the mechanism of  annual allocation of the tariff rate quota on 
importing raw cane sugar to Ukraine from WTO Member countries in 2009-2010. 
2. Importing raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the ta riff rate quota shall be carried out based on 
licenses issued by the Ministry of Economy.  
Any shipments of raw cane sugar (UKTZED 1701 11)  imported under bilateral or regional trade 
agreements signed by Ukraine pursuant to Artic le XXIV GATT 1994 shall not be considered as 
having an impact on the total amount of the tariff ra te quota. Imports of raw cane sugar in accordance 
with the schemes that include its  processing for further export (with  refunding the paid customs duty 
or pursuant to cash refund arrangements) shall not be considered using the tariff rate quota either 
(paragraph 2.4 of Table 14 "Administering the Ta riff rate quota" of the Ukraine WTO Accession 
Protocol ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 10 April 2008). APPROVED 
by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
Ukraine of 12 November 2008, No. 1002   G/AG/N/UKR/1 
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  3. During 2009, the terms shall be effective having the following meanings:  
− a supplying country shall mean a country that exported raw cane sugar originating from its 
customs territory in 2001, 2003 and 2004, when raw cane sugar imports to Ukraine had been 
within tariff rate quotas determined in accordan ce with the Laws of Ukraine "On Importing Raw 
Cane Sugar to Ukraine in 2001" of 22 May 2003 , "On Introducing Changes to the Law of Ukraine 
"On State Budget of Ukraine for 2003" and Some  Other Legislative Acts," "On Importing Raw 
Cane Sugar to Ukraine in 2003" and Article 11 of the Law of Ukraine "On State Budget of Ukraine for 2004";  
− a new supplying country shall mean a country that  did not export raw cane sugar originating from 
its customs territory during the said years, when  raw cane sugar imports to Ukraine had been 
within tariff rate quotas determined in accord ance with the mentioned Laws of Ukraine.  
4. During 2010, the terms shall be effective having the following meanings:  
− a supplying country shall mean a country that exported raw cane sugar originating from its 
customs territory within the tariff ra te quota during the previous year;  
− a new supplying country shall mean a country that  did not export raw cane sugar originating from 
its customs territory during the previous year.  
5. The tariff rate quota on importing raw cane sugar to Ukraine shall be allocated by the 
Ministry of Economy on an annual basis as follows:  
− 260 tons of the total amount of the tariff rate  quota till 1 January 2019 shall be allocated to 
Paraguay in accordance with §35 of the Doha Decl aration and Agreements reached in the course 
of multilateral Ukraine WTO accession negotiations regarding the fuller integration of small, 
vulnerable economies into the multilateral trading system; 
− 80 per cent of the balance of the tariff rate quot a shall be allocated to supplying countries and 
20 per cent, to new supplying countries.  
In 2009, the share of the tariff rate quota for supplyi ng countries shall be determined pro rata to their 
volumes of imports to Ukraine of raw cane sugar or iginating from their customs territories during 
2001, 2003 and 2004, when raw cane  sugar imports to Ukraine had been within tariff rate quotas 
determined in accordance with th e Laws specified in paragraph 4 of the present Procedure.  
In 2010, the share of the tariff rate quota for each supplying country shall be determined pro rata to 
their volumes of imports to Ukraine of raw cane sugar originating from their customs territories 
within the tariff rate quota determined in 2009.  
The amount of the tariff rate quota for new supplyi ng countries shall be allocated to those on an 
equitable basis.  
6. A notification on allocating the amount of tariff rate quota to supplying countries determined 
for the following year shall be publicized before 1 October on the official website of the Ministry of 
Economy.  
A copy of the notification shall be sent to the WTO secretariat during seven calendar days after 
publicizing it on the official website of the Minist ry of Economy for further information of the WTO 
Member countries interested in supplying raw cane sugar to Ukraine.   
The said WTO Member countries shall notify the Mini stry of Economy of their intentions before 
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  A notification on the amount of tariff rate quota ultimately allocated to the supplying countries, 
determined for the following year, shall be publici zed before 7 December on the official website of 
the Ministry of Economy and, during seven calendar da ys, a copy of the notification shall be sent to 
the WTO secretariat to info rm WTO Member countries.  
7. Answers to inquiries of WTO Member countries re garding allocated amounts of the tariff rate 
quota to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine shall be  provided by the Ministry of Economy during 
10 working days.  
8. The Ministry of Economy shall, in accordan ce with the established procedure, accept 
applications from subjects of Ukraine's foreign ec onomic activity to issue licenses to import raw cane 
sugar to Ukraine within the share of the tariff rate quota determined for each supplying country.  
A subject of Ukraine's foreign economic activity th at cannot fully ensure importing raw cane sugar to 
Ukraine in accordance with the li cense terms shall, before 1 September, inform the Ministry of 
Economy accordingly with the view to restoring the unused portion in the total amount of the tariff 
rate quota of the supplying country.  
9. Before 5 September, the Ministry of Econom y shall send a notification to the supplying 
country of its unused portion of the tariff rate quota.  
The supplying country that has not used such portion of the tariff rate quota shall, before 
20 September, notify the Ministry of Economy of its decision regarding its further use. 
If a subject of Ukraine's foreign economic activity h as signed a contract before 1 September to supply 
raw cane sugar within the tariff rate quota determin ed for the supplying country, its amount shall not 
be re-allocated during the period from September 1 till 31 December. 
If a supplying country rejects the amount of unused tariff rate quota, the Ministry of Economy shall, 
till 1 October, publish an announcement on its official  website of accepting applications from subjects 
of Ukraine's foreign economic activity to issue lic enses to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within 
the released amount of the tariff rate quota. 
The released amount of tariff rate quota shall be allo cated to interested subj ects of Ukraine's foreign 
economic activity on a "first-come, first-served" basis. 
10. The amount of tariff rate quota not used during th e current year shall not be included in the 
tariff rate quota determined for the following year. 
11. In case of force-majeure circumstances that caused a delay in delivering and unloading a 
shipment of raw cane sugar, the period of the tariff rate quota may be extended for the period of 
operation of such circumstances with the appropriate  mark put by the Ministry of Economy in the 
license issued to the subject of Uk raine's foreign economic activity.  
The fact of force-majeure circum stances shall be certified by the chamber of commerce and industry 
or other authorized body of the relevant country.  
The supplying country that did not export raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the tariff rate quota during 
the year due to force-majeure circumstances shall be  allocated a share of the tariff rate quota in the 
following year pro rata to the amount not used in the prior year.    G/AG/N/UKR/1 
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  12. The Ministry of Economy shall, on a monthly basis, before the 1st of the following period, 
send information about issued licenses to the Stat e Customs Service and the Ministry of Agrarian 
Policy.  
The State Customs Service shall, on a monthly basis, before the 10th of the following period, send 
information about the amount of raw cane sugar impo rted by subjects of Ukraine's foreign economic 
activity to the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.  
13. The Ministry of Economy shall, on a monthl y basis, publish information on its official 
website about the actual use of the amount of tariff rate quota to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine.  
 
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Form  
Application 
for a license to import raw cane sugar to Ukra ine within the amount of tariff rate quota 
1. Customer                                                                                           EDRPOU Code 
                                                                                                               (DRFO number)*  
Telephone                                                                    Fax  
No. of current account in the national currency, name of bank, MFO Code, location of bank  
No. of current account in the foreign currency,  name of bank, MFO Code, location of bank  
2. Consumer of goods 3. Vendor 
4. UKTZED 
Code of goods 5. Unit of 
measure of 
goods, its code 6. Quantity 7. Value 
(thousands 
USD)  8. Value (in the 
contract 
currency)  9. 
Additional 
name of 
goods  
            
10. Country of Destination                        Code  
11. Vendor country                                    Code  
12. Country of origin                                 Code  13. Basic terms of goods supply  
14. Contract currency                          Code  
15. Settlement currency                       Code  
16. Customs                                          Code  17. Nature of agreement                       Code  
18. Grounds for applying for a license   
19. Last, first, middle name of the Customer's manager  
Title 
                           Seal*                                               Signature                                              Date  
20. Special terms  
____________ 
* If available.  
 Director of Department for State Control and 
Regulation of Foreign Economic Activity    
  
Ya. V. Vyshnia APPROVED 
by Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
of 20 January 2009 No. 15   G/AG/N/UKR/1 
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INSTRUCTIONS 
on filling out the application for a license to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine 
within the amount of tariff rate quota 
1. These Instructions shall establis h the procedure for the filling out by the subject of foreign 
economic activity of an application for a license to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the 
amount of tariff rate quota (the "application").  
2. The application shall be filled out in Ukrain ian and formalized in accordance with these 
Instructions.  
3. Information and codes shall comply with the Classifications of Currencies and Classifications 
of World Countries approved by Order of the St ate Committee on Statistics of 08.07.2002 No. 260, 
the Classifier of Customs Bodies and Their Structur al Divisions, Specialized Customs Institutions and 
Organizations approved by Order of the State Customs Service of 26.04.2006 No. 335, and the 
Classifier of the Nature of Agreements approved by Order of the State Customs Service of 12.12.2007 
No. 1048 (as revised).  
4. The application shall contain the following information:  
− information 1 – name (for legal entities) or last, first, middle name (for individuals) of importer 
submitting the application, its location (for legal entities) or place of residence (for individuals), 
telephone number, fax number, identification code in accordance with the Unified State Registry 
of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine (EDRPOU – for legal entities) or identification 
number in the State Registry of Natural Persons (DRFO – for individuals/ if available/), number 
of current account in the national currency, name  of bank, MFO Code, location of bank, number 
of current account in the foreign currency, na me of bank, MFO Code, location of bank;  
− information 2 – name of consumer  of goods (for legal entities) or last, first, middle name of 
consumer of goods (for individuals ), its location (for legal entities) or place of residence (for 
individuals);  
− information 3 – name of non-resident that is a counteragent in accordance with the foreign 
economic agreement (contract), its location (place of residence);  
− information 4 – ten-digit code  of goods being imported in accordance with the Ukrainian 
Classification of Goods in Forei gn Economic Activity (UKTZED);  
− information 5 – unit of measure of goods being imported and its code;  
− information 6 – quantity of goods  being imported in accordance with the terms of the foreign 
economic agreement (contract) (annexes, specifications  thereto) in the units of measure specified 
in information 5;  
− information 7 – value of goods be ing imported in thousands USD;  APPROVED 
by Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine  
of 20 January 2009 No. 15 
Registered 
with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine 9 February 2009 No. 118/16134  G/AG/N/UKR/1 
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  − information 8 – value of goods being imported in the contract currency;  
− information 9 – additional name of goods being imported;  
− information 10 – country of destination of goods - Ukraine;  
− information 11 – country of registration of the non-resident counteragent in accordance with the 
foreign economic agreement (contract) and its code;  
− information 12 – country of origin of  goods being imported and its code;  
− information 13 – basic terms of supplying the goods that are being imported pursuant to the 
International Rules of Interpretation of Commerc ial Terms (the current version of INCOTERMS 
rules);  
− information 14 – currency of foreign econom ic agreement (contract) and its code;  
− information 15 – currency of settlement and its code;  
− information 16 – customs body that will perform customs clearance of goods being imported, 
nine-digit code of the customs body in accordan ce with the Classifier of Customs Bodies and 
Their Structural Divisions, Specialized Custom s Institutions and Organizations approved by 
Order of the State Customs Service of 26.04.2006 No. 335;  
− information 17 – nature of agre ement (description and code);  
− information 18 – foreign economic agreement (cont ract) (annexes and specifications thereto) with 
an indication of the number and date of ente ring into, other documents, based on which the 
license is being formalized;  
− information 19 – last, first, middle name of the customer's manager who signed the application for 
a license, its title (for legal entities) or last, first,  middle name of the customer (for individuals), 
signature, the date of signature, seal  affixed thereto (if available); 
− information 20 – special terms of import.  
 
 Director of Department for State Control and 
Regulation of Foreign Economic Activity    
  
Ya. V. Vyshnia  G/AG/N/UKR/1 
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Form  
Symbol of Ukraine  
IMPORT LICENSE NO.  
VALID THROUGH ___________  
Letter of application No. of ___ ____________ 
 
 
1. Customer                                                                                           EDRPOU Code 
                                                                                                               (DRFO number)*  
Telephone                                                                    Fax  
No. of current account in the national currency, name of bank, MFO Code, location of bank  
No. of current account in the foreign currency,  name of bank, MFO Code, location of bank  
 2. Incoming number                                                               Date of registration 
3. Consumer of goods 4. Vendor 
5. UKTZED 
Code of 
goods 6. Unit of 
measure of 
goods, its code 7. Quantity 8. Value 
(thousands 
USD)  9. Value (in the 
contract 
currency)  10. 
Additional 
name of goods  
            
11. Country of Destination                        Code  
12. Vendor country                                    Code  
13. Country of origin                                 Code  14. Basic terms of goods supply  
15. Contract currency                              Code  
16. Settlement currency                           Code  
17. Customs                                          Code  18. Nature of agreement                          Code  
19. Grounds for applying for a license   
20. Last, first, middle name of the Customer's manager Title 
                                                                                         21. Executive authority that issued the 
license 
Last, first, middle name APPROVED 
by Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine 
of 20 January 2009 No. 15  G/AG/N/UKR/1 
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                                                         Date  Title 
Signature                                                         
Date 
Seal 
22. Special terms  
 
 
____________ 
* If available.  
  
Director of Department for State Control and 
Regulation of Foreign Economic Activity    
  
Ya. V. Vyshnia 
 
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INSTRUCTIONS 
on filling out the license to import raw cane sugar  to Ukraine within the amount of tariff rate 
quota 
1. These Instructions shall establish the procedur e for the filling out the license to import raw 
cane sugar to Ukraine within the amount of tariff rate quota (the "license").  
2. The license shall be filled out in Ukrainia n and formalized in accordance with these 
Instructions.  
3. Information and codes shall comply with the Classifications of Currencies and Classifications 
of World Countries approved by Order of the St ate Committee on Statistics of 08.07.2002 No. 260, 
the Classifier of Customs Bodies and Their Structur al Divisions, Specialized Customs Institutions and 
Organizations approved by Order of the State Customs Service of 26.04.2006 No. 335, and the 
Classifier of the Nature of Agreements approved by Order of the State Customs Service of 12.12.2007 
No. 1048 (as revised).  
4. The license shall contain the number and date of  the application letter of the applicant to 
formalize the license.  
5. The license shall contain the following information:  
− information 1 – name of customer-importer (for legal entities) or last, first, middle name of 
customer-importer (for individuals), telephone number, fax number, identification code in 
accordance with the Unified State Registry of  Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine 
(EDRPOU – for legal entities) or identification num ber in the State Registry of Natural Persons 
(DRFO – for individuals/ if available/), number of  current account in the national currency, name 
of bank, MFO Code, location of ba nk, number of current account in the foreign currency, name of 
bank, MFO Code, location of bank;  
− information 2 – incoming number and date of registering the application for a license by the 
licensing body;  
− information 3 – name of consumer  of goods (for legal entities) or last, first, middle name of 
consumer of goods (for individuals ), its location (for legal entities) or place of residence (for 
individuals);  
− information 4 – name of non-resident that is a counteragent in accordance with the foreign 
economic agreement (contract), its location (place of residence);  
− information 5 – ten-digit code  of goods being imported in accordance with the Ukrainian 
Classification of Goods in Forei gn Economic Activity (UKTZED);  
− information 6 - unit of measure of goods being imported and its code;  APPROVED 
by Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine 
of 20 January 2009 No. 15   
Registered 
with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine  9 February 2009 No. 119/16135  G/AG/N/UKR/1 
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  − information 7 – quantity of goods  being imported in accordance with the terms of the foreign 
economic agreement (contract) (annexes, specifications  thereto) in the units of measure specified 
in information 6;  
− information 8 - value of goods be ing imported in thousands USD; 
− information 9 - value of goods being imported in the contract currency;   
− information 10 - additional name  of goods being imported;  
− information 11 - country of destination of goods - Ukraine;   
− information 12 – country of registration of the non-resident counteragent in accordance with the 
foreign economic agreement (contract) and its code;  
− information 13 - country of origin of goods being imported and its code;   
− information 14 – basic terms of supplying the goods that are being imported pursuant to the 
International Rules of Interpretation of Commerc ial Terms (the current version of INCOTERMS 
rules);  
− information 15 - currency of foreign econom ic agreement (contract) and its code;  
− information 16 - currency of settlement and its code;  
− information 17 – customs body that will perform customs clearance of goods being imported, 
nine-digit code of the customs body in accordan ce with the Classifier of Customs Bodies and 
Their Structural Divisions, Specialized Custom s Institutions and Organizations approved by 
Order of the State Customs Service of 26.04.2006 No. 335;  
− information 18 - nature of agreement (description and code);  
− information 19 – foreign economic agreement (cont ract) (annexes and specifications thereto) with 
an indication of the number and date of ente ring into, other documents, based on which the 
license is being formalized;  
− information 20 – last, first, middle name of the manager of the customer who signed the 
application for a license, its title (for legal entities) or  last, first, middle name of the customer (for 
individuals), date of filling out the application;  
− information 21 – name of the licensing body that issued the license, last, first, middle name of the 
authorized person who signed the license, their title , signature, the date of signature, seal affixed 
thereto;  
− information 22 - special terms of import.  
   
Director of Department for State Control and 
Regulation of Foreign Economic Activity    
  
Ya. V. Vyshnia 
 
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ON THE PROCEDURE FOR ISSUING LICENSES TO IMPORT RAW CANE SUGAR TO UKRAINE WITHIN 
THE AMOUNT OF TARIFF RATE QUOTA  
Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine  
of 20 January 2009 No. 15  
Registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine 
9 February 2009 No. 117/16133 
 
In accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Esta blishing Tariff Rate Quota to Import Raw Cane 
Sugar to Ukraine," Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 12.11.2008 No. 1002 "On 
Approving the Procedure for Allocating the Tariff Ra te Quota to Import Raw Cane Sugar to Ukraine" 
and with the view to ensuring the licensing of im port to Ukraine of raw cane sugar within the 
established amount of tariff rate quota I hereby ORDER:   
 
1. To approve the documents attached:  
− Regulation on the Procedure for issuing licenses to  import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the 
amount of tariff rate quota;  
− Form of Application for a license to import raw can e sugar to Ukraine within the amount of tariff 
rate quota and the Instructions on its filling out.  
2. The Division of Non-Tariff Regulation at the De partment for State Control and Regulation of 
Foreign Economic Activity shall:  
− post notifications on the official website of the Ministry of Economy of beginning to accept 
applications for licenses to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the amount of tariff rate 
quota or of the free amount of tariff rate quota 10 days before the established term of beginning to 
accept applications;  
− ensure the acceptance and registration of appli cations, formalization and issuance of licenses to 
import raw cane sugar to Ukraine with in the amount of tariff rate quota;  
− each month, before the fist of the month following the reporting month, provide the State 
Customs Service and the Ministry of Agrarian Po licy with information about issued licenses to 
import raw cane sugar to Ukraine with in the amount of tariff rate quota.  
3. The Division of Monitoring Foreign Trade at the Department of Foreign Economic Activity 
shall:  
− ensure that, in accordance with  the terms established by law, notifications are posted on the 
official website of the Ministry of Economy of the allocation and final allocation of tariff rate 
quota amounts to import raw cane sugar to Ukrain e to supplying countries, the free amounts of 
tariff rate quota and the exhausting of tariff rate quota; 
− each month, before the 10th of the month follo wing the reporting month, post information on the 
official website of the Ministry of Economy a bout actually used amount of tariff rate quota to 
import raw cane sugar; 
− receive and summarize information of the State Customs Service about the amount of raw cane 
sugar imported by subjects of foreign economic activity of Ukraine.  G/AG/N/UKR/1 
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  4. The Department of Trade Negotiations and Cooperation with the WTO shall ensure the 
notification, within the terms established by law,  of the WTO Secretariat and supplying countries 
regarding the allocation of tariff rate quota to im port raw cane sugar to Ukraine, the untaken portion 
of tariff rate quota as well as hold consultations  and conduct adjustment procedures with WTO 
services, interested supplying countries regarding quotas and importing raw cane sugar to Ukraine.  
5. The Division of State Regulation of Foreign Trade Operations together with the Legal 
Department shall ensure the submission of this Order to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine for its state 
registration within the term established by law.  
6. Control over execution of this Order shall be charged with Deputy Minister of Economy of 
Ukraine N.S. Boitsun.  
   
Minster of Economy of Ukraine   B.M. Danylyshyn  
APPROVED:      
Head of the State Committee of Ukraine on 
Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship    
  
K. Vaschenko   
 
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REGULATION 
on the procedure to issue licenses to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the amount of 
tariff rate quota 
I. General Provisions  
1. This Regulation shall determine the procedur e for accepting applications for licenses to 
import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the amount  of tariff rate quota (the "applications"), the 
procedure for considering applications in the Mini stry of Economy, the procedure for formalizing and 
issuing licenses to import raw cane sugar to Ukrain e within the amount of tariff rate quota (the 
"license") in accordance with  Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 12.11.2008 No. 1002 
"On Approving the Procedure for Allocating the Ta riff Rate Quota to Import Raw Cane Sugar to 
Ukraine."  
2. This Regulation shall cover all subjects of fore ign economic activity irrespective of the form 
of ownership. All subjects of foreign economic ac tivity shall have the right to submit license 
applications.  
3. The license shall not be transferrable to other persons.  
4. The license shall be valid for customs clearance  during the term of its validity. Taking the 
goods away under the license may be carried out in separate batches.  
 
II. Procedure for accepting applications  
1. To obtain a license the applicant – subject of foreign economic activity – shall submit the 
following documents:   
(1) a letter of application to formalize the license with  a guarantee to pay state duty for its issuance;  
(2) an application in the form approved by Order of  the Ministry of Economy of 20.01.2009 No. 15;  
(3) the original copy of the certificate of origin of goods issued by authorized bodies of the country 
of origin of goods and its copy;  
(4) a copy of the foreign economic agreement (contract ) with annexes and specifications thereto;  
(5) a copy of the state registration certificate of the subject of foreign economic activity.  
Copies shall be certified in accordance with the procedure established by law.  APPROVED 
by Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine 
of 20 January 2009 No. 15   
Registered 
with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine  9 February 2009 No. 117/16133  G/AG/N/UKR/1 
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  If any of the specified documents is not submitte d, the application shall not be accepted for 
consideration.  
2. The application shall be filled out by the s ubject of foreign economic activity in accordance 
with the Instructions on filling out the license to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the amount 
of tariff rate quota approved by Order of the Ministry of Economy of 20.01.2009 No. 15.  
3. Subjects of foreign economic activity shall b ear responsibility for unfair information 
contained in the submitted documents.  
4. The documents accepted for consideration shall be registered in the accounting roster of 
applications by subjects of foreign economic act ivity on a first-come, first-served basis. The 
registration number shall be the incoming number of th e application. The date of registration shall be 
the date of submitting the application.  
5. In case of exhausting the quota established,  the accepting of applications shall be 
discontinued.  
III. Procedure for considering applications 
1. Applications shall be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.  
2. Applications shall be considered by the Divi sion of Non-Tariff Regulation, the Division of 
State Regulation of Foreign Trade Operations at th e Department of State Control and Regulation of 
Foreign Economic Activity, the Division of Monito ring Foreign Trade at the Department of Foreign 
Economic Activity, the Division of Legal Support  of Foreign Economic Activity at the Legal 
Department of the Ministry of Economy and speci alists of the State Information and Analytical 
Centre for Monitoring External Commodity Mark ets "Derzhzovnishinform" within the scope of 
authority and in accordance with th e procedure stipulated by Order of the Ministry of Economy and 
European Integration of Ukraine of 01.04 .2004 No. 122 "On Approving the Procedure for 
Considering License Applications in the Field of Non-Tariff Regulati on of Foreign Economic 
Activity" registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 15.04.2004 No. 482/9081.  
3. The Division of Non-Tariff Regulation shall su mmarize opinions of divisions participating in 
considering the application, formalize and issue th e license or prepare a justified written refusal to 
issue it.  
4. The decision to issue the license or refuse issuing it shall be approved within the term not 
exceeding 30 days from the date of registering the application.  
5. The decision to refuse issuing the license may be approved in case:  
− the submitted documents do not comply with legislation of Ukraine;  
− the established quota has been exhausted;  
− a special sanction has been applied to the subject  of foreign economic activity or to its foreign 
counteragent in the form of temporarily suspe nding foreign economic activity in accordance with 
Article 37 of the Law of Ukraine "On Foreign Economic Activity";  
− the subject of foreign economic activity of Ukrain e or its foreign counteragent violates legislation 
of Ukraine in the field of foreign economic activity.  
The decision to refuse issuing the license shall be  sent (issued) to the applicant in writing.   G/AG/N/UKR/1 
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  6. The decision of the Ministry of Economy to refuse issuing the license may be challenged by 
the subject of foreign economic activity in accord ance with the procedure established by law.  
IV. Procedure for formalizing and issuing licenses  
1. The license shall be formalized in the form and filled out in accordance with the Instructions 
on filling out the license to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the amount of tariff rate quota 
approved by Order of the Ministry of Economy of 20.01.2009 No. 15.  
2. One copy of the license shall be issued.  
3. The license shall be valid till December 31 of the year for which it has been issued, within the 
amount of tariff rate quota.  
4. The license shall be issued, if the original copy of the document has been submitted to the 
Ministry of Economy confirming payment of st ate duty for issuing the license in the amount 
established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.  
5. The license shall be issued to the authorized representative of the subject of foreign economic 
activity, provided a document is submitted to the Mi nistry of Economy certifying the right to receive 
it (a power of attorney or a copy of the power of  attorney certified in accordance with the procedure 
established by law) and an ID produced.   
6. The original copy of the certificate of origin  of goods issued by authorized bodies of the 
country of origin of goods shall be returned to th e applicant together with the formalized license.  
7. In case of force-majeure circumstances that caused a delay in delivering and unloading a 
consignment of raw cane sugar, the period of validit y of the tariff rate quota may be extended for the 
period of operation of such circumstances. To this end, the subject of foreign economic activity shall 
submit an appropriate application to the Ministry of Economy, the original copy of the statement of 
the chamber of commerce and industry or another authorized body of the country where force-majeure circumstances occurred and the original copy  of the license. A decision to extend the period 
of validity of tariff rate quota due to force-majeure circumstances shall be taken with the participation 
by specialists of the Division of Non-Tariff Re gulation, Division of Legal Support of Foreign 
Economic Activity, and the Division of Monitoring Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economy in 
accordance with their compet ences. In top right corner of the original copy of the license issued by the 
Ministry of Economy, an inscription shall be made : "The period of validit y extended till "__.__.___." 
(date), a signature of the authorized person shall be put, the date, and the numbered seal affixed thereto. 
   
Director of Department for State Control and 
Regulation of Foreign Economic Activity    
  
Ya. V. Vyshnia 
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