Russia will temporarily abolish soybean meal import tariff

Introduction: Moscow, February 28 news Moscow, February 28 news (odj): according to a decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail kassyanov, the government will temporarily abolish the provisions of the 5% import tariff on soybean meal This regulation will be implemented one month after the official announcement of the prime minister's decree, and the original tariff regulations will be restored nine months later The goal of c4k's elimination of soybean meal import tariff is to help domestic poultry producers in Russia German Gref, Minister of economic development and trade, previously said that the cost of poultry producers would be reduced by 7% due to this change C4k according to the customs statistics, Russian soybean meal imports reached 232178 tons in 2001, compared with 178148 tons in 2000 At present, there is no official statistics in 2002 Most of Russia's imported soybean meal comes from the United States The c4k decision on soybean meal tariffs complements the government's poultry import quota Poultry import quotas will take effect from May 1 and will reach 744000 tons by the end of the year In the next two years, the annual quota will remain at 1.05 million tons, and poultry imports beyond the quota will be banned C4K