The Ministry of Agriculture proposed to introduce a temporary ban on the export of durum wheat from the Russian Federation

The Ministry of Agriculture proposes to introduce a ban on the export of durum wheat from the Russian Federation from December 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. The draft of the relevant government resolution prepared by the department is posted on the website regulation.gov.ru. “Establish from December 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024 inclusive, a temporary ban on the export of durum wheat (codes 1001 11 and 1001 19 of the unified Commodity Nomenclature for Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union) from the Russian Federation,” the document says. It is assumed that the ban will not apply to the supply of this wheat to Belarus within the Union State, as international humanitarian aid to foreign states on the basis of decisions of the government of the Russian Federation, within the framework of international intergovernmental agreements, international transit transport starting and ending outside the territory of the Russian Federation, and also on the movement of this wheat between ...