The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission decided to establish and distribute tariff quotas for a number of types of meat products and milk whey for 2022.
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“In accordance with the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union, the EEC determines tariff quotas for certain categories of agricultural goods originating from third countries and imported into the customs territory of the EAEU, taking into account the balances of their consumption and production in the member states, as well as the obligations of countries to the World Trade organization, ”said Vahagn Ghazaryan, Director of the Department of Customs Tariff and Non-Tariff Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
According to the forecast, this year it is expected that the volume of consumption of products will exceed production: for cattle meat in the amount of 237.4 thousand tons, pork - 34.9 thousand tons, poultry meat - 281.3 thousand tons and milk whey - 0.5 thousand tons
For the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, tariff quotas for 2022 are set in the amounts fixed in the protocols on the accession of states to the WTO.
For the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus and the Kyrgyz Republic, tariff quotas are determined within the difference between production and consumption, taking into account the volumes requested by the parties.
Thus, the quotas for cattle meat will be 5 thousand tons for the Republic of Armenia, 21 thousand tons - for the Republic of Kazakhstan, 5 thousand tons - for the Kyrgyz Republic and 570 thousand tons - for the Russian Federation.
For pork, quotas will be distributed in the following volumes: 7.5 thousand tons for the Republic of Armenia, 20 thousand tons for the Republic of Belarus and 4.5 thousand tons for the Kyrgyz Republic.
Quotas for meat and poultry by-products will amount to 44 thousand tons for the Republic of Armenia, 10.9 thousand tons - for the Republic of Belarus, 140 thousand tons - for the Republic of Kazakhstan, 58 thousand tons - for the Kyrgyz Republic and 364 thousand tons - for Russian Federation.
The quota for the import of milk whey has been established for the Republic of Armenia in the amount of 0.5 thousand tons and for the Russian Federation in the amount of 15 thousand tons. ■
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