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Read everything that happened last week in Ukraine and around the world and that is relevant and interesting for the furniture maker in our digest:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n 1. Ukraine is considering recourse to arbitration due to the reduction in Poland’s number of permits for international road transport.\u00a0The situation is critical not\u00a0only because it\u00a0is reduced for\u00a0the last four years the number of permits, but\u00a0also\u00a0linked to the\u00a0fact that\u00a0increasing our exports.\u00a0That is, in the last five or six years the trade turnover between the two countries increased more than\u00a0two\u00a0times, in parallel with\u00a0this number of permits decreased by\u00a040\u00a0thousand.<\/p>\n Prime Minister Denis Shmygal assured that he personally and the President of Ukraine at the\u00a0highest political level in the\u00a0European Union and\u00a0with the\u00a0Republic of Poland is “having a rather difficult and tense conversation on this issue.”<\/p>\n 2. The draft Law on Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine on Creating Favorable Conditions for Attracting Large-Scale Investments in Industrial Production was adopted as a basis.<\/p>\n The document gives local governments the right to set preferential rates of the real estate tax and land fees and provides for exemption from value-added tax on transactions of importation into the customs territory of Ukraine in the customs regime of import of new equipment imported by participants of industrial parks exclusively for their own. use for their activities in the fields of processing industry or research activities. on the territory (within) the industrial park (without the right to lease, lease or transfer for use to third parties on any other terms).<\/p>\n 3. Export Credit Agency plans in 2022 together with banks to launch a program to support Ukrainian exporters for 20 billion UAH.<\/p>\n “We plan to launch a new program of cooperation with banks next year, which will provide support to exporters totalling at least UAH 20 billion,” he said. Chairman of the Board of the Export Credit Agency Ruslan Gashev.\u00a0He added that support will be provided to exporters to produce products and enter new risky markets.<\/p>\n 4. In today’s world, more and more people are buying furniture, focusing not only on their design and price but also on their safety. But few people know what happens to the foam\u00a0filling of mattresses and sofas over the years of their operation, especially in the presence of moisture: it is affected by the so-called black mould, which is harmful to human health.<\/p>\n A major manufacturer of polyurethane foam,\u00a0EGIDA, has figured out how to make up for this: it has started adding zinc pyrithione to its foam.\u00a0Special antibacterial impregnation is “sewn” into the structure of the polymer produced by EGIDA, does not leach and acts for a long time.<\/p>\n 5. The Canadian company Feeel Design continues to collect interior projects and objects in the framework of the international competition of subject and interior design “Feeel Design World Prize”.\u00a0The main task: to choose the best projects, which harmoniously combine function, rationalism, design, decor and natural materials to implement their prototypes in Canada.<\/p>\n In the nomination “Furniture Design” the organizers of the competition offer to\u00a0present their furniture that is potentially suitable for mass production.\u00a0In this category, the functionality of the product, its conciseness and simplicity, a clear scenario of use are important, which does not mean the absence of decor.\u00a0Preference will be given to items that allow you to further adapt them to the end customer – for example, choose upholstery options, vary the size and materials.<\/p>\n\n\t\t