VARPE: Britain admits dependence on Russian fish

Published 2024년 12월 5일

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The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will not impose additional restrictions on the supply of products made from Russian fish in 2025, despite existing a 35% duty on direct deliveries from Russia since 2022. Autonomous tariff quotas established by the UK from January 1, 2021, allow for duty-free import of cod and pollock products, with quotas set annually. Despite the sanctions, Russia remains a significant supplier of raw materials for these products, with China being the largest importer. Direct fish supplies from Russia to Great Britain have also seen a slight increase in the first 9 months of 2024.

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Earlier, Undercurrent News reported that the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) would not introduce additional restrictions on the supply of products made from Russian fish in 2025. The WARPE explained that this concerns autonomous tariff quotas (ATQ) established by the British side from January 1, 2021. Under them, cod and pollock products can be imported into the country duty-free. The volume of duty-free imports is set annually. For 2025, the quota for cod products is 40.1 thousand tons, pollock - 31.1 thousand tons. For the supply of fish products from Russia, the UK introduced a 35% duty back in 2022. This has practically reduced direct deliveries to the country to zero: if in 2021 Russian fishermen imported 15.8 thousand tons of fish products to the UK, then in 2023 - only 74.4 tons. At the same time, products produced from Russian raw materials by third countries can be imported to the UK at zero duty. In particular, as reported by VARPE President ...

Source: RG