Export duties on legumes from January 1 will amount to 5%

December 28. /MEDIA TALK/. Since January 2025, the Russian government has set fixed export duties of 5% on certain varieties of leguminous crops - peas, chickpeas and lentils. Until now, when exporting products outside the Eurasian Economic Union, there were floating rates of fees – their amount varied from 4 to 7%, depending on the ruble exchange rate. The measure should help maintain a balance between domestic and external consumption of legumes, according to the Government.


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According to the information provided by the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies, Kommersant, the export of peas in the 2023-2024 agricultural season reached almost 3.2 million tons, setting a new maximum.

During the 2024-2025 agricultural year, yields decreased, and in the first half of the season (from July to December), exports amounted to 700 thousand tons (compared with 1.8 million tons last year). According to Rosstat, in 2023, 345,000 tons of lentils and 702.8 thousand tons of chickpeas were harvested in Russia.

Earlier, we wrote that after the entry into force of protective duties, the supply of Russian grain to Europe was reduced by four times.