On 6 January 2022, Ukraine notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Safeguards that on 24 December 2021 it had initiated a safeguard investigation on certain types of cheese, classifiable in tariff subheadings 0406.30.31.00, 0406.30.39.00, 0406.30.90.00, 0406.90.23.00, 0406.90.25.00, 0406.90.32.00, 0406.90.78.00, 0406.90.86.00, 0406.90.89.00, 0406.90.92.00, and 0406.90.99.10.
The reasons are (i) The investigation has been initiated pursuant to the petition of the Ukrainian Union of Dairy Enterprises filed on behalf of domestic industry. (ii) The petition sets out sufficiently substantiated evidence on the basis of which it can be considered as having been submitted by the appropriate domestic industry. (iii) The petition provides sufficient substantiated evidence on the basis of which, during 2018 - 1st half of 2021 import to Ukraine of certain types of cheese regardless of the country of origin and export increased. (iv) The petition provides sufficient substantiated evidence on the basis of which, during 2018 - 1st half of 2021 import to Ukraine of certain types of cheese regardless of the country of origin and export was carried out to such an extent and on such conditions that it could cause serious injury to the domestic industry.