19 Oct 2009 17:54

Distribution of customs duties in Customs Union will be approved by June 1

MOSCOW. Oct 19 (Interfax) - The procedure of distributing customs duties between countries of the Customs Union will be approved by June 1, 2010, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said at a Monday session of the Cabinet presidium in Moscow.

"The procedure of levying and distributing customs duties has not been agreed upon yet. We proceed from the belief that a special team led by Russian representatives will do the corresponding work in the first half of 2010. We will have to decide about the procedure of calculating the duties by June 1, 2010," he said.