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Weekly Digest

  • Do not ask for any preferences and benefits
  • About thirty economic bills
  • Ukrainian business complaining to ex-mayor of Warsaw
  • Belarusian experience: selling furniture is more profitable than wood raw materials
  • His furniture – images from childhood

Everything that happened last week in Ukraine and the world and is relevant for the furniture maker, read in our digest:

1. The Chairman of the State Customs Service of Ukraine Maxim Nefedov promised the business to create equal rules in the customs sphere, but in return that no one would ask for any preferences and benefits, convincing that without them his business would not be able to survive. He also announced three key priorities in his work for next year, on which he intends to focus: on mail transport, road transport on the western border and container transport in ports.

2. The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy is preparing to submit about 30 bills to the Parliament. This was told by the candidate for the position of head of the committee Danil Getmantsev, previously announced the fight against business disguised as FOPs. In particular, tax initiatives on cashback and e-check (electronic check), as well as a bill to counteract BEPS (that is, minimize taxes) and a bill on a single account for paying taxes and fees will be submitted to parliament. And in the customs block, according to him, the Council will first of all consider bills on the regime of general transit and on an authorized economic operator.

3. The Government of Ukraine approved the decision of the Supervisory Board of the Council of Business Ombudsman of July 30 to elect the former mayor of Warsaw and the current member of the Polish Parliament, Marcin Svenczycki, as the new business ombudsman. In February, the current business ombudsman Shemet announced his decision not to renew the contract, which ended in May 2019, but then agreed to remain in office until October. The main task of this body is to consider business complaints about the actions of officials, develop recommendations by the authorities in the field of entrepreneurship, as well as prepare a memorandum of proposals for the bill on the establishment of a business ombudsman institution.

4. Belarus has introduced semi-annual licensing of exports of certain types of timber outside the Eurasian Economic Union. Export of certain types of hardwood timber will be possible under one-time licenses. They are issued in agreement with the Billisbumprom concern. The basis for the issuance of a one-time license is an agreement between the concern and the organization on the conditions for the supply of hardwood timber. The adoption of these measures is necessitated by the efficient and rational use of valuable wood raw materials of hardwood (oak, ash, maple), compliance with the procurement parity and supply of raw materials to the existing woodworking industries of the republic, elimination of the shortage of hardwoods and ensuring the smooth operation of Belarusian furniture and woodworking enterprises, products with a high degree of added value and in demand in many markets. The Belarusian authorities, unlike the Ukrainian one, understand that exporting furniture is much more profitable than exporting wood products or simple lumber. With one cubic meter of oak wood, you can make furniture for five thousand euros and get export revenue eight times more.

5. Designer Sergey Gavrilov (ODESD2 design bureau) rethought a set of Soviet furniture and created a new line on its basis. The first models in the series were two coffee tables. The designer finalized the idea in accordance with modern ergonomic standards, added new details and created his own objects, series that correspond to the trends of today and at the same time fit into the style of 1961. “For me, this furniture is images from childhood. Summer kitchen with a large sofa at the grandfather in the village. The furniture was solid and comfortable. My project was born out of a desire to preserve and materialize memories, ”said Sergey.

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