TRADING IN FOOD COMMODITIES IS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE PERIOD OF MILITARY AGGRESSION

Abstract

Actuality of select subject of research is conditioned export potential for Ukraine of products of agroindustrial complex and prepared food stuffs and historically formed close point-of-sale copulas from RF. The political events of the last years brought in considerable changes in bilateral economic relations. After annexation of Crimea and military aggression of RF on east of Ukraine trade relations between countries were considerably intensifyed. An author exposes their development on the example of dynamics of trading in the commodities of food industry, as to industry the most substantial changes took place in that. The concepts of hybrid and trade wars open up. Specified, that similar wars periodically arose up yet since acquisition by Ukraine of independence and increased «gas wars» from the side of RF, as basic supplier of energy for Ukraine. Attention supplier of energy on reasons of their activation, namely attempts of blocking of European direction of development of Ukraine. An author is point the dynamics of the Ukrainian export of commodities of basic industries of food industry to RF, which evidently represents his gradual decline during 2014-2020. Given analysis of basic measures which was used RF with the purpose of obstacle the export of the Ukrainian commodities of food industry. It first of all: transport blockades for the Ukrainian products, halt of RF of action of free trade zone with Ukraine, introduction of new custom duties, it is forbidden to bring in to RF Ukrainian sugar, potato, beer and vodka, pork. From January, 1 in 2016 in Ukraine prohibition spreads in relation to an import to RF of agricultural produce, raw material and food, which before operated only on some of foreign countries, the approvals list of commodities, forbidden for an import in RF brushed up annually. Given review of reverse approvals of Ukraine and international association, in particular, the USA, ES, Canada and other. It is noticed on dangers for development as domestic so external trade Ukrainian food, reasons of which were become encroachment of troops of RF on territory of Ukraine. An author marks importance of steps which are done by an international association in relation to liberalization of trade with Ukraine, support of it export potential in such difficult times, as a military attack from the side of RF.