date:Sep 15, 2012
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade has prepared a draft government resolution on measures to protect Russian pig farming, which includes a 35% increase on duty on imports of live pigs from the EU.
This would see the duty on live pig imports return to 40%, which is the level it was before Russia joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). The country dropped the duty down to 5% on 23 August as part of its WTO entry agreement.
The measure was developed after consultation with the Ministry