The Russian government may include bananas in the list of social products.
The Russian Cabinet of Ministers is considering the possibility of recognizing the banana as a socially important product. It will allow to cancel import duties on this fruit. First Vice Prime Minister Andrei Belousov gave the corresponding order to the Ministry of Economic Development, Izvestia reported.
The order says that the Ministry should ensure the study of the possibility of bananas in the list of socially important goods within the working group on customs regulations and countermeasures in foreign trade.
Belousov noted that the question of temporary nullification of the duty rate on bananas will be considered at the meeting of the sub-commission.
Currently the list of socially important products includes 23 essential food products, among which meat, chicken, fish, salt, cabbage, onions, carrots, tea, milk.