RF proposals to increase duties on hatching eggs have not yet found support in the EAEU

RF proposals to increase import duties on hatching eggs from 0% to 15% have not yet found support in the EAEU. The decision to increase the duty to 5% from January 1, 2022 and to 15% from January 1, 2023 was made at a meeting of the subcommittee on customs and tariff regulation on November 26, 2020.

As Interfax was told in the trade block of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the members of the union did not support the proposal of the Russian Federation to increase duties. This is due to the fact that there is a shortage of hatching (breeding) chicken eggs in the EAEU domestic market. In addition, the state of their own breeding base is unsatisfactory and there is a dependence of the poultry farms of the Union countries on imported breeding material.

"Consultations on this issue will be continued," the EEC trade bloc stressed.

The press service of the Ministry of Economic Development confirmed to Interfax that the proposal is being approved by the Eurasian Economic Commission. The decision to increase duties was made at a meeting of the subcommittee on November 26, 2020. From January 1, 2022, it is proposed to raise the duty rate to 5%, from January 1, 2023 - to 15%, the ministry said.

As previously reported in the materials of the EEC, back in July last year, Russia applied to the commission with an initiative proposal to increase duties on hatching eggs. From January 1, 2021, it was proposed to set the duty at a rate of 5%, from January 1, 2022 - to increase it to 15%.

"The proposal of the Russian Federation is aimed at creating favorable conditions for investing in the construction and reconstruction of pedigree reproducers on the territory of the EAEU and increasing their payback," the materials said. in poultry farming is about 15%.

"The introduction of the proposed measure will make it possible to provide hatching eggs for the production of poultry meat, which is the most affordable protein product for the population, will contribute to import substitution of hatching eggs in the EAEU, further development of poultry meat production and reduce its cost in the medium term," the materials specified.

According to the National Poultry Union, the share of imported hatching eggs currently on the Russian market does not exceed 20%.

In early March, Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko instructed the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance to submit agreed proposals for the full provision of Russian poultry farmers with domestically produced hatching eggs through state support measures for Russian producers and customs and tariff regulation measures.