The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a law on exemption from taxes and duties for import of goods for execution of the state defense order, informs on Tuesday, the presidential press service. These laws legally enshrine the changes to the Tax and Customs codes of Ukraine, promoting the execution of government contracts for defense contracts and contracts for production and delivery of defence products. for example, one of the laws exempts import duty components (materials, components, assemblies, equipment and components) that are imported to the site of Ukraine in the customs regime of import for use in the manufacture of defence products, if the customer of such products is the state customer. "These goods are not exempt from tax, import duty, if they occur or are imported from the country that is recognized as an invader and/or the state-aggressor against Ukraine in accordance with the legislation ", - reports a press-service. the head also approved the law " On amendments to the publication 197 of the Tax code of Ukraine regarding the establishment of favorable conditions to ensure compliance with government contracts for defense contracts and contracts for production and delivery of defence products ". The document is exempt transactions import to the site of Ukraine the items that are used in the manufacture of defence products, if the customer of such products is the state customer, specified by the Cabinet of Ministers." Exemption from taxation set out in this paragraph do not apply to operations of importation into the customs territory of Ukraine of objects that have an origin or imported from the country that is recognized as an invader and/or recognized by the state as an aggressor against Ukraine in accordance with the law ", - is informed in the report. The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 2 thousand people.