EAEU unifies export measures for buckwheat

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission has decided to introduce a single measure of non-tariff regulation in the form of a quantitative export restriction on buckwheat, Kazinform reports with reference to the EEC press service. The measure is introduced until August 31 of this year and provides for a zero quota for the export of goods from the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation. The quota for the export of buckwheat from the Republic of Kazakhstan is set at 4.2 thousand tons. “The decision is the first measure taken in pursuance of the instructions of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, which provides for the possibility of unification of unilateral measures applied at the national level to regulate the export of certain types of goods,” noted EEC Minister of Trade Andrey Slepnev. At the same time, he stressed that buckwheat is of priority importance from the point of view of ensuring food ...