UKRAINE’S FOREIGN TRADE IN A YEAR OF WAR: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF 2022
Abstract
The article looks into the impact of Russian full-scale military aggression on Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in 2022. Key trends, geographical and structural shifts in Ukrainian exports and imports are analyzed. The most resilient and the most vulnerable foreign trade flows are identified. The effects of global supply chain disruptions due to Russian blockade of Ukraine’s food exports in the Black Sea are assessed. The outcomes of establishing solidarity lanes and “grain corridor” are outlined. The results of suspension by the EU of all remaining tariffs on industrial products, tariff rate quotas for food and agricultural products, contingent trade-protective measures against Ukrainian goods are explored. Anti-crisis measures taken by Ukrainian government in the sphere of import liberalization are analyzed.
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