KIEV , Dec. 1 – The Federation of Employers of Ukraine intends to ask the Cabinet of Ministers and the European Commission not to annul a moratorium on round timber exports until the moment when Ukraine properly regulates the market via adoption of a separate law on the unprocessed wood market.
"The moratorium is not a goal, but a tool to regulate the market. Of course, there are other tools – exports duty, preferences for domestic producers and processors or direct contracts for honest companies. Today the unprocessed wood market is not regulated. However, neither government nor Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry and State Forest Agency have made any steps to discuss the situation with producers," Director of the Federation's department Serhiy Salivon said at a press conference on Wednesday.
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