Ukraine’s free trade agreement with T\u00fcrkiye entered into force on Oct. 1, 2026, with lower duties for Ukrainian exports from that day and for Turkish imports from Jan. 1, 2027.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s free trade agreement with T\u00fcrkiye entered into force on Oct. 1, 2026, cutting or removing duties on goods of Ukrainian and Turkish origin, with lower duties for Ukrainian goods entering T\u00fcrkiye from that day and for Turkish goods entering Ukraine from Jan. 1, 20271<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The State Customs Service of Ukraine, which clears goods at Ukraine’s borders, announced the start on its website and set the codes that traders must use on customs declarations1<\/a><\/sup>. The agreement was signed in Kyiv on Feb. 3, 2022, and ratified by Ukrainian Law No. 4932-IX of July 14, 20261<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In short, Ukrainian goods shipped to T\u00fcrkiye can now cross with no duty or a lower duty, if they carry proof that they were made in Ukraine. Turkish goods shipped to Ukraine must wait until Jan. 1, 2027, for the same treatment2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The agreement sets up a free trade area between the two countries. Each side has its own tariff schedule, a list that sets the duty for each product. Under these schedules, goods are either exempt from duty or charged reduced rates<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The cut is not the same for every product. Some goods lose their duty completely, some get a lower duty, and some get a tariff quota or a longer transition2<\/a><\/sup>. A tariff quota is a fixed amount of goods that may enter at zero or low duty; shipments above that amount pay the normal duty.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s Diia.Business portal, the government’s service for entrepreneurs, says the agreement creates a separate preferential trade regime between the two countries2<\/a><\/sup>. Preferential here means better than the normal duty that applies to all other countries.<\/p>\n The agreement covers goods in chapters 01 to 97 of the Harmonized System<\/strong>, the world customs list that sorts every product by code1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Coverage alone is not enough for a lower duty. The goods must also originate in Ukraine or in T\u00fcrkiye under the agreement’s rules of origin1<\/a><\/sup>. Rules of origin are the tests that decide where a product was made, for example how much work was done in the country.<\/p>\n The exact benefit depends on the product’s tariff line and on the schedule of the country that imports it2<\/a><\/sup>. The same Diia.Business notice lists what traders need before shipping: the Ukrainian product code (UKTZED), the right tariff schedule, whether a quota applies, the origin rules, and the document that proves origin2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The two sides start their duty cuts at different times. For Ukrainian exports to T\u00fcrkiye, the lower duties apply from Oct. 1, 2026<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. For imports of Turkish goods into Ukraine, they apply from Jan. 1, 2027<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n This means a gap of three months. During that time, a Ukrainian exporter selling to T\u00fcrkiye already gets the benefit. A Ukrainian importer buying from T\u00fcrkiye still pays Ukraine’s normal duty until the end of 2026.<\/p>\n The customs notice does not give a reason for the gap. It only sets the two dates and the codes that apply from each1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Each customs declaration carries a code that tells the officer which tariff benefit is claimed. The State Customs Service set two such codes for this agreement1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\nWhat does the Ukraine-T\u00fcrkiye agreement change?<\/h2>\n
Which goods does the agreement cover?<\/h2>\n
Why are the start dates different for each direction?<\/h2>\n
How do the customs codes 429 and 430 work?<\/h2>\n
Same codes, two directions<\/h4>\n