IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF PROVISIONS OF WTO ACCESSION AGREEMENT AND EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT ON TRADE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD PRODUCTS

The effects of WTO accession agreement and EU association agreement on the development perspectives of a qualitative agricultural production as one of Ukraine's export-oriented sectors are considered in our article. The issue of asymmetry between "old" and "new" WTO members with regard to market opening conditions is researched in our article, namely asymmetric commitments concerning the export of agricultural products, which Ukraine has accepted, implications with regard to imports and others. It is pointed that in order to protect itself from the EU's asymmetric non-tariff regulations, Ukraine may resort non-tariff barriers in the trade in agribusiness products: 1) measures to protect human health, ensure food security and protect the environment; 2) trading policy's measures, including export support, export duties, import licensing, import quotas, production subsidies, state trading and import monopolies, safeguard measures; 3) a wide range of administrative import obstacles, including customs clearance delays, non-transparency and contradictions in customs procedures, excessive bureaucratic documentation requirements, etc. The competitiveness of Ukrainian agricultural products possible to increase because of the implementation of the health care and citizen protection standards conforming with the EU standards.