Moldovan producers to be able to export more fruits to EU without customs duties

Chisinau, 21 December /MOLDPRES/ - Moldovan farmers will be able to export  larger quantities of plums, grapes and sweet cherries to the European Union without paying customs duties. This took place, after the EU Council had approved a decision on getting additional preferential conditions for the exports to the European Union market, the website www.trade.ec.europa wrote on 20 December.  

Thus, Moldova will benefit from additional tariff quotas, without customs duties, for the export of table grapes and plums, with a 50-per cent growth against the current volume, as well as a new quota without customs duties for cherries (1,500 tons). At the same time, the EU producers will have more possibilities for export, as the European Union will provide additional access to Moldova’s market, without customs duties.  

Also, the thresholds triggering the anti-evasion mechanism for wheat, barley, maize, sugar and processed cereals were increased, just it was in the last years.  

The EU Council’s decision comes after native producers had asked for authorities’ support. Thus, at a meeting in March 2019, the Moldova-Fruct Association asked the competent ministry to increase the National Fund for Development of Agriculture and Rural Development, boost the negotiations with the European Union for increasing the quotas at the export of plums and grapes, including the negotiation of quotas of duty-free import of apples with the Arab Republic of Egypt, providing a sufficient number of transport authorizations, as well as the approval of the Apples in Schools programme, etc.