The EAEU is not considering a ban on the export of eggs and chicken meat following Russia

The countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are not considering introducing a ban on the export of chicken meat and eggs, following Russia. Director of the Department of Agricultural Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission Armen Harutyunyan told TASS about this on the sidelines of the Verona Eurasian Economic Forum. “We don’t have such information yet. At least, such information was not included in our department,” Harutyunyan said when asked whether the EAEU countries plan to join Russia’s decision to limit the export of chicken meat and eggs from the country. On November 1, 2023, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture proposed introducing a duty-free quota in 2024 for the import of a number of types of chicken meat into the Russian Federation in the amount of up to 160 thousand tons. The ministry also proposed establishing a temporary ban on the export of certain types of poultry meat from December 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024 inclusive. It was clarified that these ...