KIEV, March 26 – The size and the pace of the cut in import duties on grape juice and wine, as proposed by the government in the light of Ukraine's joining the World Trade Organization, could lead to a slump in domestic wine growing, according to representatives of the sector.

"The issue concerns the existence of domestic grape growing, and later wine making in Ukraine as a whole," reads statement issued during a press conference of the Association of Winegrowers and Winemakers of Ukraine and a number of market players at Interfax-Ukraine in Kiev.