Let’s Stick Together: Pros and Cons of the Tripartite Customs Union in the CIS

Authors: Ralph De Haas, Alex Plekhanov
As of January 2010, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus apply a common external customs tariff (CET) to imports from third countries. The CET is mainly based on the Russian duties that prevailed until last year. Since these were the highest among the three countries (Figure 1) there have been significant duty hikes in Belarus and Kazakhstan. For example, in Belarus the import duty on a

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