People's deputies finally decided to settle this issue and prepared a corresponding draft law for the Verkhovna Rada. And the point here is not so much that the budget really does not receive certain funds from customs.
The main issue of such conversions has always been safety. After all, the safety requirements for cargo and cargo-passenger vans differ. And in our conditions, small companies engaged in such conversions are not particularly concerned about safety. It is a completely different matter if a van originally came off the assembly line of a European plant as a cargo-passenger vehicle — every detail is taken into account there.
So what did the deputies propose? Customs rates for such vehicles were significantly reduced. For new cargo-passenger vans, the rate dropped from 0.65 euros per cubic centimeter of engine displacement to 0.13 euros. For used vehicles up to five years old — from 2.18 to 0.6 euros per cubic centimeter.
And although cargo vans are imported without excise duty, the conversion itself costs a lot of money. Parliamentarians believe that it is more profitable to immediately import a cargo-passenger vehicle than to convert a cargo van and then constantly deal with inspection authorities demanding all documents for such conversion.
