The Eurasian Economic Commission's Council has granted a tariff preference in the form of exemption from import customs duties on raw cane sugar intended for industrial processing. The customs tariff regulation measure will remain in effect throughout 2026 and involves the import of goods in volumes not exceeding 20,000 tons to Armenia, 100,000 tons to Kazakhstan, and 20,000 tons to Kyrgyzstan.

“The decision was adopted to ensure a stable supply of sugar and sugar-containing products at competitive prices to the internal markets of Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, to prevent the shortage of these goods, and to preserve the number of employees at sugar processing plants,” noted Andrey Slepnev, the EEC Minister in charge of Trade.

He emphasized that white sugar produced by industrial processing of raw cane sugar imported under tariff exemptions cannot be exported to other Eurasian Economic Union countries.