Starting from 27 July, charging stations and generators will be imported free of duty and VAT: Zelenskyy signs laws
26 July 2024 23:16
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed laws that provide for duty and VAT exemptions on the import of energy equipment into Ukraine. The laws will come into force on 27 July. This is stated in the cards of laws No. 11258 and 11259 on the website of the Verkhovna Rada, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
Both laws concern the cancellation of tax and customs duties for the production and/or repair of mechanised demining machines.
Imports of electronic warfare equipment, tactical headphones for special military use, and some components for the production and repair of demining machines were exempted from taxes and customs duties.
The draft laws also contain amendments to exempt from customs duties and value added tax the import of energy equipment into Ukraine, including
- electric generator equipment;
- equipment for wind and solar generation;
- batteries (except for low-power batteries).
The draft laws also contain an amendment that exempts equipment for the manufacture of technical intelligence countermeasures from tax and customs duties on the import of equipment into Ukraine.
The laws will come into force on 27 July.
“Tomorrow, at 00:00 hrs. on 27 July, Laws of Ukraine No. 3853-IX and No. 3854-IX of 16.07.2024, which provide for the application of exemption from customs duties on the import of certain types of goods, will come into force,” the State Customs Service of Ukraine said.
The list of goods exempted from customs duties on imports also includes equipment for the manufacture of technical intelligence countermeasures and/or repair of mechanised demining machines.
In particular, “tactical headphones for special military use, which are classified in the commodity subcategory 8518 30 00 90 according to the Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity” are exempt from taxation.
The State Customs Service noted that the exemption also applies to such important defence equipment as electronic warfare equipment. Not only anti-drone guns, but also other “electronic means of detecting and countering unmanned aerial vehicles classified in heading 8543 of the Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity” will be imported into Ukraine for defence purposes without paying customs duties.
The amendments also provide for the preferential importation into Ukraine of components for the organisation of own production and repair of mechanised demining machines classified in headings 8427, 8430, 8479 of the Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity, as well as for the manufacture by Ukrainian enterprises of active means of countering technical intelligence classified in headings 8517, 8525, 8543 of the Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity.
The Amendments provide for the exemption from customs duties for the period of martial law in Ukraine for goods imported for energy security, including those transported (sent) to the customs territory of Ukraine in international postal and express shipments for free circulation and classified under the following codes according to the Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity 8406 (except for 8406 10 00 00), 8410 (only hydraulic turbines and parts thereof), 8483 40 21 00, 8502 20 40 90, 8502 20 60 90, 8502 20 80 90, 8411 (except for turboprop and turbojet engines and parts thereof), 8501 64 00 00, 8504 40 84 00 (except for inverter welding machines), 8504 40 88 00 (except for inverter welding machines), 8504 40 90 00 (except for inverter welding machines), 8507 60 00 00 (except for energy storage installations with a capacity of less than 300 W AC and/or DC and individual lithium-ion cells with a capacity of less than 200 Ah), 8541 43 00 00, 8537 (except 8537 10 98 10), 8503 00 99 00 (only for wind power generating installations).
The State Customs Service stressed that the adopted legislative changes provide for preferential importation into Ukraine of such important goods as power generators, inverters, lithium-ion batteries and charging stations based on them, as well as solar panels for repair and/or replacement of damage and expansion of the capacity of existing solar power plants.
Situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
on 29 March 2024, Russia resumed its attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector, carrying out the most massive shelling in the entire period of the full-scale war. In particular, DniproHES and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit. Since then, Russia has been regularly shelling Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
For example, the Russians destroyed the Trypillia and Zmiiv thermal power plants, causing Centrenergo to lose 100% of its generation. Also, 5 of DTEK’s 6 thermal power plants were severely damaged.
After that, power outages started again in Ukraine, Ukrenergo introduced blackout schedules and the government raised electricity tariffs by 60% at once.
At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to build two new units at the Khmelnytsky N PP and has already received the approval of the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Centre has criticised these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.
