KIEV, Aug. 22 - Ukraine and China have initialed a bilateral protocol of mutual access to the markets of commodities and services.

The document was initialed by Ukrainian Economy Minister Serhiy Teriokhin and China's Vice-Minister of Commerce Yu Guangzhou, having stipulated the list and customs rates for commodities and services to be exchanged by the countries in the process of trade and economic cooperation, Teriokhin's press service told Interfax-Ukraine.