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03.06.2009
Ukraine's farming organizations propose re-imposition of 13 percent extra import duty on meat
Ukrainian public agricultural organizations have called on the government of Ukraine to restore the 13% extra import duty on meat to protect the domestic market, the board chairman of the Union of Poultry Farmers of Ukraine, Oleksandr Bakumenko, has said at a press conference in Kyiv.
"The 13% markup for six months is normal, honest, fair and within [the rules of] the WTO," he said.
According to Bakumenko, imports of low quality meat to the country misbalance the situation in the domestic animal breeding sector.
Bakumenko also proposed minimum sanitary requirements on the quality of meat be urgently introduced to protect the domestic market.
He also proposed that the government assess the activities of the Economy Ministry, which, according to Bakumenko, issued licenses for the import of 3.975 million tonnes of meat – an amount equal to two-years of demand of the country for the product.
Kyiv Post
