AreaRussia

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityPig meat

Date01/07/2012

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport duties

DescriptionCut the import duty for shipments inside the annual quota of 430 000 tonnes (kept equal until 2020) to zero following the formal access to the WTO on August, 22 2012, and reduced above-quota duty from 75% to 65%. After 2020, the import quota will be replaced by a flat 25% duty. Further, the import duty for livestock was reduced to 5%, and for sub products to 15%.