The ban on the import of Russian and Belarusian agricultural merchandise got here into drive: here’s what is vital to know | Enterprise

With a view to be certain that individuals can journey comfortably and safely, having with them the required meals merchandise for private consumption, the ban doesn’t apply to packages made for meals merchandise crucial throughout the journey of pure individuals. Exceptions apply to meat and dairy merchandise as decided by the State Meals and Veterinary Service.

The checklist of prohibited merchandise for import contains 24 product teams: dwell animals, meat and its merchandise, fish and shellfish, milk and its merchandise, eggs, honey, timber and different vegetation, bulbs, greens, fruits and nuts, espresso, tea, spices, grains and their merchandise, flour, starch, oils and fat, waxes, sugar, cocoa, non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks, vinegar, animal feed, meals business residues, in addition to tobacco and processed substitutes thereof.

Lithuania helps the measures adopted on the stage of the European Union (EU) limiting imports from Russia and Belarus.

From July 1 some Russian and Belarusian agricultural merchandise and feed will probably be topic to greater EU import tariffs, thus guaranteeing the sleek and uninterrupted functioning of the EU’s single market and customs union. Lithuania calls on the European Fee to submit a proposal on increasing the checklist of elevated import duties to different agricultural merchandise as quickly as doable.

• In March, the European Fee proposed to extend the tariffs for grain imports from Russia and Belarus to the EU. The choice was made in Could. Throughout the course of, Lithuania additionally proposed to extend tariffs on greens and fish merchandise.

The regulation prohibiting the import of agricultural merchandise and fodder from Russia and Belarus, dated April 25. adopted by the Seimas. This measure goals to restrict the alternatives of those nations to earn from the export of agricultural merchandise and fodder, to scale back their potential revenue and financial alternatives to finance Russia’s aggression in opposition to Ukraine.