Unreasonable pressure from the State Fiscal Service (DFS) of Ukraine on a company with German investments, the "Radekhivsʹkyy tsukor" LLC, destroys the investment image of Ukraine and does not contribute to the entry of international companies into the domestic market.

The fact is that even in 2015, DFS during a special investigation found among thousands of counterparts from the "Radekhivsʹkyy tsukor" LLC nine business entities with signs of false financial transactions. That is, the factories cooked and sold sugar to interested companies, received money for goods, paid taxes, but the Fiscal Service unilaterally recognizes these buyers as fictitious, and all claims direct the sugar plant. And although the company is paying taxes, some law enforcement officials have tried to persuade the leadership to "solve this issue" in every possible way.

Today, the company has five functioning sugar factories and, according to the results of the 2017-2018 marketing year, occupies 21% of the market. In addition, "Radekhivsʹkyy tsukor" LLC is one of the largest taxpayers in the Western region. Only in 2017, the company paid UAH 186.7 million to the budgets and funds of different levels, and for the first half of 2018 - UAH 132.9 million. The enterprise has officially employed 1350 employees, the average salary of which is about 20 thousand UAH. To better understand the scale of this enterprise, it should be noted that every fifth spoon of sugar consumed in Ukraine is welded at the factories of the "Radekhivsʹkyy tsukor" LLC. But even such a big business may be under pressure from unscrupulous officials.

After the "Radekhivsʹkyy tsukor" LLC refused to resolve the situation "in a good way", the active phase of the offensive began: blocking the company, arresting bank accounts, threatening letters to major business partners, suspicion of plant officials and arresting property. Such realities had to face foreign investors. Even though there was no evidence of tax evasion in the criminal proceedings (No. 32015140000000215), the investigating officer of the financial investigations department of OVPP DFS G.L. Stringha and the procedural director of the General Prosecutor's Office O.P. Kipcharsky do not leave attempts to implement "selective justice" and enrich themselves in an illegal way.

The "Radekhivsʹkyy tsukor" LLC repeatedly appealed to the leadership of the DFS, the General Prosecutor's Office, and the Verkhovna Rada to stop pressure on the company, but did not bring any results.

At present, the Ukrainian Agricultural Council (UAC) and "Radekhivsʹkyy tsukor" LLC (which is a member of UAC) awaiting trial.

"We hope that we will manage to avoid corruption and make an honest decision that will allow us to further develop the sugar market of Ukraine and stop the pressure on foreign investors," said Andriy Dykun, Chairman of the UAC.

Recall, "Radekhivsʹkyy tsukor" LLC is the largest producer of sugar in Western Ukraine, whose production facilities consist of five sugar factories in the Lviv and Ternopil regions. In turn, the company is part of the international group of companies Pfeifer&Langen, the leading producer of sugar in the European Union.