BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

23/09/2008

Belarus imposed customs duties for tomatoes and cucumbers

Seasonal customs duties for import of tomatoes and cucumbers to Belarus were imposed by the President decree #523 d.d. September18, reported "InterfaxZapad.

According to the document, the rate of customs duties for import of fresh or cooled tomatoes and cucumbers was determined at 50 % from the customs value till December 1, 2008 and from March 1 to June 1, 2009.

Besides, till March 1, 2009 the rate of import customs duty for onion was determined at the level of 180 % from the customs value of the produce, for table-beet - at the level of 150 %, for carrot - 120 %, for white cabbage - 75 %. As compared to the previous year, the rates of seasonal customs duties for import of onion increased in 1.8 times, white cabbage - up 2.1 times, beet - up 2.5 times, carrot - up 2 times.

Seasonal customs duties were determined in order to protect interests of Belarussian producers. Seasonal customs duties for some groups of vegetables have been imposed in Belarus evay year since 2004.

Source:

http://www.lol.org.ua/eng/vegetables/showart.php?id=63840

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