July 1 2002, 18:23

Russian poultry producers to be protected by additional import duty

As German Gref, Minister of Economic Development said after the meeting of Government Commission on Foreign Trade Protection and Custom Policy held on July 1, 2000, an additional protective import duty would be imposed on poultry imports to Russia. This duty will be in force through the end of 2002. The Commission decided to begin a preliminary investigation on damage caused to Russian poultry producers due to increased imports of poultry meat.

According to Mr. Gref, protective import duty on poultry imports will be imposed for the period of investigation, in addition to the current duty of 25% but not less than EUR0.22 per kilo. The final amount of new duty will be determined within the next 20 days.