EAEU Gives Vietnam Tariff Quota of 10,000 Tons of Rice in 2021

In the framework of the Vietnam - Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Free Trade Agreement, the countries of this bloc pledged to give Vietnam a tariff quota of 10,000 tons of rice in 2021.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, to implement the allocation of tariff quota on rice products as committed in the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and EAEU; on September 8, 2020, the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) issued Decision 110 on the allocation of Vietnam's rice import quotas to each member country of EAEU in 2021. Specifically, the rice products under the HS codes 1006 30 6701 and 1006 30 9801 will be exported to the Republic of Armenia at 400 tons and the Republic of Belarus at 9,600 tons.

By My Chau, Vietnam Business Forum