Russia may impose quota system on the import of American poultry meat
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Last Update: 2002-04-08
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Lead: Moscow, April 6 (Reuters) - with just a few days to go before the expected "lifting of the ban" date, Russian Agriculture Minister Alexei gordeyev said Russia may impose import quotas on U.S poultry in May this year "We are considering a quota for imported poultry meat, the final decision will be made in May." Gordeyev said in Orenburg, Ural Russia's agriculture minister said in February last year that Russia hopes to raise tariffs on imported poultry from 25% to 30%, and implement import quotas to protect its poultry owners Russia uses quota system to control the import of sugar, but Russian legislation does not allow the implementation of restrictions on the import of goods from developed countries, which are the main source of Russian poultry imports According to the statistics of the Russian Ministry of agriculture, Russia imported 1.36 million tons of poultry meat from the United States last year, while its production in the same year was only 860000 tons.
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