World Bank2012-06-072012-06-072005978-0-8213-6286-0https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7431This publication identifies the key drivers of Ukraine's recent trade performance, assesses current trade policies, and proposes recommendations to strengthen the Ukraine's trade integration strategy. It also identifies core bottlenecks in the ongoing integration processes, including global and regional integration. The study concludes that the main obstacles to furthering Ukraine's trade integration are domestic, and relate to deficiencies in the business environment. Problems in customs administration, standardization, and administrative barriers for new entry require immediate attention. The report highlights specific policy issues that hamper World Trade Organization (WTO) accession, such as trade legislation, protection of intellectual property rights, government support for specific industries, and export restrictions. It also recommends improvements in the structure of Ukraine's import tariffs, reform of both the regime of free economic zones and mechanism of the value-added tax (VAT) refund, and investment in a major upgrade of government capacity for investment and export promotion. The report also draws attention to the importance of the post-WTO accession agenda for Ukraine. To take advantage of WTO membership, the Government will need to undertake significant institutional reforms to implement WTO regulatory rules in ways that facilitate integration into the world economy and provide benefits to private sector participants.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSION NEGOTIATIONSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTUREANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATIONANTI-DUMPING MEASURESANTIDUMPINGANTIDUMPING DUTIESAVERAGE TARIFFAVERAGE TARIFF RATEAVERAGE TARIFF RATESAVERAGE TARIFFSBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBALANCE OF TRADEBILATERAL FREE TRADEBILATERAL MARKET ACCESSBILATERAL NEGOTIATIONSBUDGETARY SUPPORTBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCAPITAL INFLOWCOMMERCIAL DIPLOMACYCOMMODITY TRADECOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEXCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGESCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMERSCONTINGENCY PROTECTIONCURRENCYCURRENT ACCOUNTCURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCECURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITCUSTOMSCUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONCUSTOMS DUTYCUSTOMS UNIONDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDIVERSIFIED EXPORTSDOMESTIC CONSUMERSDOMESTIC CONSUMPTIONDOMESTIC DEMANDDOMESTIC FACTORSDOMESTIC INPUTSDOMESTIC PRODUCERSDOMESTIC REFORMSECONOMIC COMMUNITYECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC RELATIONSECONOMIC RESEARCHELASTICITYEXPORT DIVERSIFICATIONEXPORT EXPANSIONEXPORT GROWTHEXPORT MARKETEXPORT PERFORMANCEEXPORT PRICEEXPORT PRODUCTSEXPORT PROMOTIONEXPORT REGIMEEXPORT RESTRICTIONSEXPORT SPECIALIZATIONEXPORT STRUCTUREEXPORT TAXESEXPORTERSEXPORTSEXTERNAL TARIFFSEXTERNAL TRADEEXTERNAL TRADE BARRIERSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN FIRMSFOREIGN TRADEFREE IMPORTSFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTFREE TRADE ARRANGEMENTSGDPGENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFSGENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCESGLOBAL INTEGRATIONGLOBAL MARKETGLOBAL MARKETSGLOBAL TRADEGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH RATESHARMONIZATIONIMPORT DUTYIMPORT PROCEDURESIMPORT RESTRICTIONSIMPORT SUBSTITUTIONIMPORT TARIFFIMPORT TARIFF STRUCTUREIMPORT TARIFFSIMPORTED GOODSIMPORTSINDUSTRIAL POLICYINDUSTRY TRADEINTEGRATION EFFORTSINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTERNAL BARRIERSINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONSINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTRAINDUSTRY TRADEINVESTMENT LEVELSLEGAL STATUSLOCAL PRODUCERSMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMARGINAL COSTSMARKET ACCESSMARKET SHAREMEMBER COUNTRIESMERCHANDISE TRADEMFN TARIFFSMORAL HAZARDMOST FAVORED NATIONMTNMULTILATERAL TRADEMULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONMUTUAL RECOGNITIONMUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTNET EXPORTSNON-TARIFF BARRIERSNON-TARIFF MEASURESOPEN ECONOMYPREFERENTIAL ACCESSPREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESSPRICE CHANGESPRICE INDEXPRIVATE SECTORPROTECTION MEASURESPROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSPROTECTIONISMQUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONSREAL EXCHANGE RATEREGIONAL INTEGRATIONRULES OF ORIGINSPECIALIZATIONSTRUCTURAL REFORMSSUBSIDIARY RIGHTSTARIFF BARRIERTARIFF BARRIERSTARIFF EQUIVALENTTARIFF EQUIVALENTSTARIFF ESCALATIONTARIFF LEVELSTARIFF POLICYTARIFF PREFERENCESTARIFF RATETARIFF RATE QUOTATARIFF RATESTARIFF SCHEDULETARIFF SCHEDULESTAX EXEMPTIONSTAX REVENUESTAXATIONTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL BARRIERSTECHNICAL REGULATIONSTECHNICAL STANDARDSTERMS OF TRADETRADE AGREEMENTTRADE BALANCETRADE CLASSIFICATIONTRADE DATATRADE DISPUTESTRADE DIVERSIFICATIONTRADE FACILITATIONTRADE FLOWSTRADE IN GOODSTRADE IN SERVICESTRADE INTEGRATIONTRADE INTENSITYTRADE LEGISLATIONTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE OPENNESSTRADE PARTNERSTRADE PARTNERSHIPTRADE PATTERNSTRADE PERFORMANCETRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADE POLICY FORMULATIONTRADE POLICY ISSUESTRADE PROTECTIONTRADE REGIMETRADE RELATIONSTRADE STRATEGYTRADE TERMSTRADE WARSTRADING PARTNERSTRANSITION ECONOMIESVALUE ADDEDWORLD ECONOMYWORLD MARKETWORLD MARKETSWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6286-0