Eurasian Economic Commission states: Import tariffs for dairy products will increase to 20%

Trade Minister of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), Andrey Slepnev presently claims in Moscow that EEC will increase the import tariffs for dairy products to 15%-20% in response to Belarus’ recommendation. At the moment EEC is working on formulating relevant protection measures in order to fit WTO’s requirements and make enterprises more competitive. This tariffs increase is planned to put into practice from the first month of 2013.