MOSCOW, August 23 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government intends to cancel import customs duties for some equipment of the light and textile industries, an economy ministry official said Tuesday.
Andrei Kushnirenko, deputy director of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry's trade negotiations department, said at a session of the Commerce and Industry Chamber that an interdepartmental commission on protective measures in foreign trade and the customs-tariff policy would consider the cancellation of import customs duties for Jacquard looms and other equipment Wednesday.
Kushnirenko said if the commission approved the decision, it would be submitted to the government in seven to ten days. Four or five similar resolutions have already been adopted.
