LIVADIA (Crimea), Oct. 25 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said that the free trade area with the European Union and the Customs Union and the CIS are very important for Ukraine.

"The free trade area with the EU and the Customs Union or the CIS are very important for Ukraine. Our goods turnover for the Customs Union's countries is over 40%, and for the EU countries – around 30%. Totally, this is a lion's share of our goods turnover," he said, speaking at the opening of the fourth International Black Sea Economic Forum at the Livadia Palace on Thursday, October 24.