Belarus introduces licensing of grain exports

Belarus has introduced a six-month license for export of grain crops, including wheat, rye, barley and buckwheat. The corresponding decree of the Council of Ministers was published Tuesday on the National Legal Internet Portal.

“Establish that with single licenses <…> export: outside the Republic of Belarus to the states – members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) of goods according to the Annex, originating from the territory of Belarus, <…> to non-EAEU member-states, <…> goods <…> when placing them under customs export procedure,” the document says.

The list of cereals prohibited for export without a license also includes oats, corn, millet and triticale.

The one-time licenses will be issued by the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade in coordination with the regional and Minsk city executive committees. Among other grounds for refusal of licenses is “the need to meet (providing) the needs of the internal market for goods, declared for export. The ban on the export of grain without a license will be valid for six months.

Belarus has previously imposed temporary bans on the export of grain, most recently at the end of September 2022 for a period of six months.

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