Area
Azerbaijan
Commodity Group
Rice
Commodity
All
Date
17/11/2017
Policy Category
Trade
Policy Instrument
Import tariff
Description
Lowered customs duties on imported paddy for sowing, effective 1 January 2018. According to the decision, imports of paddy for sowing would be duty free between January and April and accrue an import tariff of 5 percent in the remaining months. The revised rates compare with a previous duty of 5 percent for January through April, and of 15 percent for the remaining months. Customs tariffs for all other classes of rice were left unchanged at 15 percent.
