{"id":4125,"date":"2017-09-02T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearit.ca\/canadian-customs-broker-blog\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2017-09-02T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T17:23:00","slug":"cufta-canada-ukraine-fta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearit.ca\/canadian-customs-broker-blog\/cufta-canada-ukraine-fta\/","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about CUFTA (Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CUFTA\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Canada is often referred to as an open trade country. Canada now has 13 active free trade agreements with the US, Mexico, Israel, South Korea and others, with 8 other agreements currently in negotiations. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>It\u2019s been about a month since the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) has been in effect (it was enacted on August 1st, 2017). What do you need to know?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>In essence, this means that Canada has agreed to reduce a majority of duty rates all the way down to 0% so long as the goods comply with the rules of origin. The participating parties will reduce fees on goods coming from within the countries.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>So, what are the things that Ukrainian goods and products that Canadian importers can import without duties?<\/p>\n