Importers were allowed to import more than 5.7 thousand tons of duty-free chicken into the Russian Federation

Published 2024년 2월 27일

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Russia's Ministry of Agriculture has approved the import of 5,714 thousand tons of duty-free chicken meat, leaving a tariff quota balance of 134 thousand 286 tons. The move is aimed at stabilizing poultry prices, which have surged by 28.47% since last year due to a weakened ruble, increased service costs, and seasonal factors. The cost of poultry meat has further risen by nearly 20% this year.

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Importers received permits to import 5,714 thousand tons of duty-free chicken into Russia. The Ministry of Agriculture approved the supply of chicken meat within the duty-free quota with codes 0207 14 100 9 and 0207 14 500 9 under the EAEU Commodity Nomenclature for Foreign Economic Activity. This year, the quota for the import of this meat into the Russian Federation without duties was 140 thousand tons. Thus, the balance of the tariff quota amounted to 134 thousand 286 tons. Also, the current volume of applications for duty-free import of chicken is 27.51 tons. Imported meat is intended for food production. Read also Russia has reached a record level of meat consumption Russia began purchasing poultry meat from Belarus, Kazakhstan and a number of other countries to stabilize prices for these products within the country. According to Rosstat, since the beginning of last year the cost has increased to 28.47 percent. This happened due to the weakening of the ...

Source: Rosng