The government of Russia may implement export duty on sunflower oil if the agreement on ceiling price of the oil not to have the expected effect, declared the Minister of Agriculture, Dmitry Patrushev on December 14.
“The preparation of the corresponding agreement is completing. It will be signed on December 20. If the prices not to decline, the export duty on sunflower oil will be implemented on December 21, 2020”, - he said.
The Minister of Economic Development of Russia, Maxim Reshetnikov proved the information.
“This morning we have worked out the size of the duty with the Ministry of Agriculture. We have found the solution. The corresponding draft decree to be presented to the government by the end of the day. We offer to implement this measure in case the agreement with producers is not performed”, - he said.