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Romania
Import Duties On Pork Cuts Suspended Through End Of Year
The Romanian government has officially decided to suspend import duties for pork cuts through Dec. 31. Romania imports about half of all pork used by domestic processors, and Romania temporarily suspended duties on imported pork cuts from all countries in October to meet domestic demand.
USMEF and the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) had identified Romania’s problems with supply, and the FAS repeatedly requested better access into Romania for select pork cuts. Domestic pork prices rose after July 2003, when the country enforced a 45 percent safeguard tariff on Polish pork (now removed), thus reducing Polish sales to Romania.
The suspension of import duties is expected to result in better export opportunities for U.S. frozen pork cuts and offalls. In the first eight months of 2003, the U.S. exported 1,097 metric tons of pork and pork variety meat, a 477 percent increase over last year. The value of U.S. pork exports to Romania soared 328 percent to $1.02 million.
The following pork items will pay no import duties through Dec. 31, 2003:
HS Code
Product with zero duty (through 12/03)
0203
Meat of swine, fresh, chilled, frozen
0203.2211
Hams and parts thereof
0203.2219
Shoulders and parts thereof
0203.2915
Bacon and parts thereof
0203.2955
Boneless (trimmings, loins)
0206
Offalls fresh, chilled, frozen
0206.4920
Pig maw
0209.0011
Lard, fresh, chilled, salted
Romania
Import Duties On Pork Cuts Suspended Through End Of Year
The Romanian government has officially decided to suspend import duties for pork cuts through Dec. 31. Romania imports about half of all pork used by domestic processors, and Romania temporarily suspended duties on imported pork cuts from all countries in October to meet domestic demand.
USMEF and the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) had identified Romania’s problems with supply, and the FAS repeatedly requested better access into Romania for select pork cuts. Domestic pork prices rose after July 2003, when the country enforced a 45 percent safeguard tariff on Polish pork (now removed), thus reducing Polish sales to Romania.
The suspension of import duties is expected to result in better export opportunities for U.S. frozen pork cuts and offalls. In the first eight months of 2003, the U.S. exported 1,097 metric tons of pork and pork variety meat, a 477 percent increase over last year. The value of U.S. pork exports to Romania soared 328 percent to $1.02 million.
The following pork items will pay no import duties through Dec. 31, 2003:
HS Code
Product with zero duty (through 12/03)
0203
Meat of swine, fresh, chilled, frozen
0203.2211
Hams and parts thereof
0203.2219
Shoulders and parts thereof
0203.2915
Bacon and parts thereof
0203.2955
Boneless (trimmings, loins)
0206
Offalls fresh, chilled, frozen
0206.4920
Pig maw
0209.0011
Lard, fresh, chilled, salted