🌍 EEC Approves Tariff Quotas for Meat and Whey in the EAEU for 2025

🔹 Quotas for the import of beef, pork, and poultry meat into EAEU countries have been allocated based on the needs and production capabilities of member states.

🔹 Tariff quotas for Kazakhstan and Russia have been set in accordance with their commitments to the WTO.

🔹 The EEC uses quotas to protect the internal market and stabilize the agricultural sector in EAEU countries.

 

The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has set tariff quotas for the import of certain types of meat and whey into the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries for 2025, as reported by the Commission's press service.

 

According to the new quotas, the import volumes of beef will be 21 thousand tons for Kazakhstan, 9.5 thousand tons for Armenia, 5 thousand tons for Kyrgyzstan, and 570 thousand tons for Russia. Regarding pork, the quotas are distributed as follows: Armenia can import 9.4 thousand tons, Belarus — 20 thousand tons, and Kyrgyzstan — 2 thousand tons.

 

For poultry meat and by-products, the quotas are set at 140 thousand tons for Kazakhstan, 35.1 thousand tons for Armenia, 10.9 thousand tons for Belarus, 58 thousand tons for Kyrgyzstan, and 364 thousand tons for Russia.

 

As for whey, quotas are set at 0.7 thousand tons for Armenia and 15 thousand tons for Russia.

 

The EEC press service explained that the tariff quotas established for Kazakhstan and Russia correspond to the commitments secured in their WTO accession protocols. Meanwhile, for Armenia, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan, the quotas were determined based on the difference between internal consumption and production, considering the needs of these countries.

 

Vaagn Kazaryan, Director of the EEC Department of Customs Tariff and Non-Tariff Regulation, noted that in accordance with the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union, the Commission sets tariff quotas for a range of agricultural products imported from third countries into the EAEU territory. This is done considering the balance between consumption and production in the member states, as well as the countries' obligations to the WTO.

 

These measures are aimed at protecting the internal market of the EAEU and ensuring stability in the agricultural sector.