Under the law, entities are to obtain licenses both for the export of sugar and for the wholesale trade in Ukraine. The number of licenses for the wholesale trade is not limited. To prevent short supplies of sugar for domestic markets and considerable variations in seasonal prices, the government will impose quarterly and monthly sales targets. Retail trade in sugar will be allowed only to legal and natural persons registered as entities. Retail traders cannot get supplies of sugar from entities which do not bear licenses for the wholesale trade.
Natural persons can import sugar only in reasonable quantities sufficient for personal consumption.
Production of sugar from imported raw sugar is allowed only if the sugar produced is reexported outside Ukraine. Russia's State Duma on June 18 ratified three inter-government agreements with Ukraine on the division of the Black Sea Fleet between the two states, mutual settlements connected with this and Russian ships bases on Ukrainian territory. 260 Russian lawmakers voted for the ratification and 19 against it. The Supreme Council of Ukraine had voted for the ratification of these three agreements earlier. Under the agreements, warships of both states will be based in Sevastopol.