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Vietnam to restrict imports of tobacco material, egg from Eurasian Economic Union

Xinhua, February 20, 2017 Adjust font size:

Vietnam will apply import tariffs quotas for tobacco material and poultry eggs from the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) member states in 2017, 2018 and 2019, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on Monday.

Accordingly, the application of import tariffs quotas for tobacco material and poultry eggs from the EEU is in accordance with Vietnam-EEU Free Trade Agreement.

The ministry states the quotas for poultry eggs imported from the EEU into Vietnam in 2017 will be 8,400 dozens. The figures will be 8,820 dozens and 9,261 dozens in 2018 and 2019, respectively.

Regarding tobacco material, the amount that Vietnam can import from the EEU in the next three years is 500 tons each, reported Vietnamese government's e-Portal.

The quotas will be valid from March 14, 2017 to the end of Dec. 31, 2019. Endit