KIEV, April 22 – Ukraine has decided to exempt hybrid cars with engines from 1,000 to 2,200 cubic centimeters from a special duty on imports of new passenger cars to Ukraine irrespective of their origin, the duty having been collected since April 13, 2013, and in effect until February 28, 2014, reads, 2013.

The report, in an official announcement in the Uriadovy Kurier newspaper on April 20, says that the decision by the interagency commission for international trade was made on April 11 after discussing materials of the State Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine and the Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine.