Russia                                   

Russia                                                                                           

2005 Import Quotas Will Be Allocated To Importers

USMEF-Russia reports that two well-known Russian newspapers announced today that Russia had reached agreement with the U.S. about 2005 meat and poultry quota allocation. According to the media reports, the idea of allocating quotas to U.S. exporters instead of Russian importers has been abandoned. Quota allocation will be the same as in 2004 and assigned to importers with a track record of past importing.

Instead of selling 10 percent of the beef and pork quotas in an auction (as happened in 2004), the Russian government will sell 15 percent in 2005.

The newspaper reports also said that meat and poultry quotas would be slightly increased in 2005, but only reported that the poultry quota would rise from 1,050,000 metric tons (mt) to 1,078,000 mt and did not give the new beef and pork volumes. In 2004 the import quota for pork was 450,000 mt and for beef was 420,000 mt.

Russia                                                                                           

2005 Import Quotas Will Be Allocated To Importers

USMEF-Russia reports that two well-known Russian newspapers announced today that Russia had reached agreement with the U.S. about 2005 meat and poultry quota allocation. According to the media reports, the idea of allocating quotas to U.S. exporters instead of Russian importers has been abandoned. Quota allocation will be the same as in 2004 and assigned to importers with a track record of past importing.

Instead of selling 10 percent of the beef and pork quotas in an auction (as happened in 2004), the Russian government will sell 15 percent in 2005.

The newspaper reports also said that meat and poultry quotas would be slightly increased in 2005, but only reported that the poultry quota would rise from 1,050,000 metric tons (mt) to 1,078,000 mt and did not give the new beef and pork volumes. In 2004 the import quota for pork was 450,000 mt and for beef was 420,000 mt.