ArmInfo.Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan today participated in a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Council, which was held via videoconference.
The agenda of the meeting included, in particular: "The issue of setting the unified customs tariff of EAEU import customs duty rate for electric cars; the issue of developing agreed measures and recommendations for maintaining macroeconomic stability, mutual trade in goods and freedom of movement of labor in the EAEU space in connection with the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus "approaches to the duty-free import of goods for personal use acquired by individuals through international electronic commerce and more."
According to the press service of the Armenian government, on the proposal of Armenia, a decision was made in case of importation of medicines and personal protective equipment from third countries into the territory of the EAEU, the customs duty should be set at 0% for six months.
Following the meeting, it was also decided to abolish the customs duty on electric vehicles imported from third countries into the EAEU by the end of 2021.
