AreaAzerbaijan

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date17/11/2017

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport tariff

DescriptionLowered customs duties on imported paddy for sowing, effective 1 January 2018. According to the decision, imports of paddy for sowing would be duty free between January and April and accrue an import tariff of 5 percent in the remaining months. The revised rates compare with a previous duty of 5 percent for January through April, and of 15 percent for the remaining months. Customs tariffs for all other classes of rice were left unchanged at 15 percent.