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EEC Board established tariff quotas for import of certain types of meat and whey into EAEU in 2023
On August 23, the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board has decided to establish and allocate tariff quotas for a number of types of meat products and whey for 2023.
"In accordance with the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union, the EEC establishes tariff quotas for certain categories of agricultural goods originating from third countries and imported into the EAEU customs territory, taking into account the balances of their consumption and production in the Member States as well as the countries’ obligations to the World Trade Organization," reminded Natalia Samoilova, Deputy Director of the Tariff and Non-Tariff Customs Regulation Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
According to the forecast, this year a negative difference between production and consumption volumes is expected as follows: 177.3 ths tons for cattle meat, 62.3 ths tons for pork, 242.2 ths tons for poultry meat and 14.6 ths tons for whey.
For the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, tariff quotas for 2023 are set in the amounts recorded in the protocols on the States’ accession to the WTO. For the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus and the Kyrgyz Republic, tariff quotas are determined within the limits of the difference between production and consumption with account taken of the volumes requested by the sides.
For example, quotas for cattle meat will amount to 11.3 ths tons for the Republic of Armenia, 21 ths tons for the Republic of Kazakhstan, 5 ths tons for the Kyrgyz Republic and 570 ths tons for the Russian Federation. Quotas for pork will be distributed in the following volumes: 7.5 ths tons for the Republic of Armenia, 20 ths tons for the Republic of Belarus and 3 ths tons for the Kyrgyz Republic.
Quotas for meat and poultry offal will amount to 39.1 ths tons for the Republic of Armenia, 10.9 ths tons for the Republic of Belarus, 140 ths tons for the Republic of Kazakhstan, 58 ths tons for the Kyrgyz Republic and 364 ths tons for the Russian Federation.
The import quota for whey has been set in the amount of 1.2 ths tons for the Republic of Armenia and in the amount of 15 ths tons the Russian Federation.
