The Cabinet of Ministers approved the “Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity, Rates of Import and Export Customs Duties”. According to that the customs duties for import of wheat, rice and corn will be changed from January 1, 2018,
Current customs duty for import of unpeeled rice for sowing makes up 5% of custom value from January to April and 15% in other months. According to the new announcement no customs duty will be applied on these products in the first four months from January 1, 2018. In other months, the customs duty will make up 5%. Customs duty for import of unpeeled rice for consumption will be 15% of customs value.
As per the current laws customs duties for import of rye for sowing and consumption make up 5%. Import of barley for sowing make up 0.50%, barley for consumption 5%, corn for sowing and consumption 0.50%. No customs duty will be applied on import of rye and barley for sowing, barley for sowing and consumption from January 1, 2018 as per the new announcement. Customs duty for import of rye and barley for consumption will remain at 5%.
