The introduction of 10% tariffs by US leader Donald Trump should not have a significant impact on Ukraine, given the volume of exports to the United States.
People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak wrote about this on Telegram.
He explains it this way:
"On tariffs from Trump. How will it affect Ukraine? Not much. Our exports there don't even reach a billion and 2% of everything we export anywhere."
Instead, he notes that the States import goods to Ukraine worth almost $3 billion: "... in general, 5 times more. That's why we received a "light" tariff of only 10%."
"We mostly transported metallurgical products, but since March we have had a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum. There are also pipes, but there is already a tariff + anti-dumping," Zheleznyak points out, recalling another Trump decision regarding tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports.
According to him, about a third of exports are agricultural and food products. But there, too, tariffs were expected since April.
So the people's representative concludes: "Well, it's not a catastrophe, especially when the conditions are worse for others (our 10% tariff is not 54% like in China). There is a small nuance here, now the EU, China, India and others will also introduce tariffs on products from the US in response... And here a window of opportunity opens for us to enter their market."
Earlier, "Apostrophe" also wrote about how he had a slight embarrassment while signing the decree. After the speech, Donald Trump was about to leave when he was reminded of the need to sign the customs decree, which he apparently forgot about.