Given the considerable sugar beet harvest in 2011, members of the subcommission have agreed on a proposal to introduce a seasonal import duty of $140 per tonne for the period May 1 to July 31, 2012. The duty applies to raw cane sugar with or without additives.

Members of the subcommission have supported the idea of introducing duty-free imports for a number of goods on a temporary basis: a year for electric vehicles and two years for liquid dielectric transformers with a capacity of 148 megawatts.

Increasing the euro component from 1.8 euros per pair to 2.5 euros per pair in the import duty for certain kinds of leather shoes (while preserving the ad valorem component of 10%) has been deemed appropriate.

The discussion resulted in a decision to introduce a 15% import duty for a power unit of a grain combine, amounting to at least 120 euros per kilowatt, and a 15% rate for power unit components.

The subcommission's decisions have been recommended for review by the Customs Union Commission.

Given the absence of domestic demand, members of the subcommission have supported the idea of duty-free exports of trimmers and tetrameters from the Russian Federation. The decision to increase the euro component from 250 to 350 euros per tonne of export customs duty for certain kinds of raw leather was also coordinated.

Concluding the meeting, Viktor Zubkov issued an additional instruction to formulate a justification for lowering import duties for tyres designed for the industrial assembly of cars as well as for the introduction of export duties for pet calcinated coke and unprocessed amber.