Ukrainian businesses have called on the government to define a clear position on the CBAM mechanism and its impact on exports, particularly due to the loss of foreign currency revenues. Government officials, in turn, confirm that Ukrainian and European metallurgists operate under unequal conditions due to differing levels of state support. This was discussed at the Exporters Summit organized by Forbes Ukraine, held in Kyiv, according to the press service of the Metinvest Group.<\/p>\n
During an industry discussion, Oleksandr Vodoviz, Head of the CEO Office at Metinvest, stated that under the guise of environmental protection, the EU has introduced a tax that is effectively a tool to protect its own market.<\/p>\n
\u201cCBAM is essentially a tax that has little to do with ecology; it is a tool to protect the European market and stimulate their exports. As a result, we are forced to reduce supplies because we cannot compete there. While other countries protect their markets, Ukraine is losing foreign currency earnings. So the question arises for the Ukrainian government: what are our joint actions and calculations? What is the plan?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to Vodoviz, due to CBAM, Ukrainian producers are forced to cut supplies to the EU, limiting their competitiveness in a key market.<\/p>\n
Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka acknowledged that the competitive conditions between Ukraine and the EU are unequal, as the level of funding differs significantly.<\/p>\n
\u201cEuropean metallurgy has been developing for about 20 years through decarbonization with state support, while in Ukraine such support has been zero,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
In addition, European companies receive substantial subsidies for \u201cgreen\u201d transformation, while Ukrainian producers face only rising costs during the war. Kachka also emphasized that metallurgy markets are highly competitive and politicized, but Ukraine is negotiating with the EU to maintain acceptable export conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151401,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151400","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151400"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151400"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}