Finance: Raising customs duties on 51 items in the livestock sectors

The decision stipulated amending the customs duty categories for 51 customs items that include a number of live animals, birds and poultry, emphasizing that the goal of these amendments is to protect and encourage local agricultural products, in a way that contributes to supporting national production and enhancing its competitiveness in the local market.

Details Amendments

The amendments included imposing a customs duty of 5% on purebred pet cows for breeding, and 7% on other cows. It was also decided to impose a duty of 5% on purebred buffalo for breeding, and 7% on other buffalo, in addition to imposing a 5% duty on other relevant items.

The decision included raising customs duties on purebred sheep for breeding to 7%, and on purebred goats for breeding to 7%. Within the framework of measures aimed at supporting the local livestock sector and enhancing its production capacity.

With regard to poultry, the amendments included imposing a 5% customs duty on poultry of the "Gallus domesticus"While duties were raised to 15% on roosters and turkeys, as well as on ducks, geese, and guinea fowl, which reflects a trend to support local poultry production and reduce foreign competition in these products.

Customs amendments

The decision confirmed that all customs amendments came for the purpose of protecting and encouraging local agricultural products, while adhering to the customs ceilings that the Kingdom pledged within the framework of the World Trade Organization, in a way that ensures The balance between protecting the national product and international trade obligations.

The customs amendments extended to include additional categories of the poultry sector, as it was decided to raise the customs duty to 15% on broiler chickens, maternal chickens, and other types of chicken, in addition to other categories of live birds, in the context of supporting the local poultry industry and enhancing its ability to compete in the market.

Fresh, chilled and frozen meat products

The amendments included products Fresh, chilled and frozen meat, as customs duties ranging between 5% and 7% were imposed on whole carcasses, semi-carcasses, and pieces of meat with bones or bones removed from cows, sheep and goats, whether fresh, chilled or frozen, in order to enhance the protection of local production in the livestock sector.

In the marine products sector, the decision included amending customs duties on a number of types of fish and shrimp, where the duties amounted to 12%. on some types of salmon, trout, and other types of fish, while duties were set at 6% on shrimp of various types, in support of national production in the aquaculture and marine wealth sector.

The amendments also extended to a number of food products, as customs duties were raised to 6% on some types of cheese, and to 10% on hatching eggs for Gallus domesticus chickens, while duties were imposed at 15% on grafted and non-grafted roses, in support of the products of the local flower and plant sector.

Agricultural Products

The list also included a number of agricultural products, as it was decided to impose a customs duty of 12% on fresh and frozen strawberries, and 15% on raspberries and regular raspberries, in addition to raising duties to 6% on prepared or preserved potatoes, and 8% on some shrimp products that are not packaged in airtight containers. Closing.

The decision included amending customs duties on manufactured date products, as a 12% duty was imposed on date molasses, whether not with added sugar or sweetening materials, or with added sugar or other sweetening materials, in a step aimed at supporting date-based manufacturing industries and enhancing the added value of local agricultural products.

Thus, the list of customs items included in the decision rises to 51 customs items, covering wealth sectors. Animals, poultry, meat, fish, dairy, flowers, fruits, vegetables, and date products.