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Russia June sugar imports fall further on tariff

15 сентября 2010 года

MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Russian raw sugar imports fell to a mere 400 tonnes in July from 131,900 tonnes in June and 1.4 million tonnes in May, as a higher import tariff took effect, customs data published on Wednesday showed.

Analysts at the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) expect no substantial raw sugar imports by Russia until the end of the year.

Russia, the world's third-largest sugar buyer, cut its import tariff on imported cane raws to $50 per tonne for May, before raising it to $200 in June and $239 in July.

Total imports in the first seven months of this year were still 68 percent above year-earlier levels, the customs data showed.

The Federal Customs Service also said Russian imports of coffee, tea and cocoa rose in January-June 2010.

It provided the following figures:

RUSSIAN JANUARY-JULY SOFT COMMODITY IMPORTS*

	2010		2009
	Tonnes	$ mln	Tonnes	$ mln
RAW SUGAR	1,914,200	1,031.0	1,140,500	435.8
Non-CIS**	1,914,200	1,031.0	1,140,500	435.8
CIS	0	0	0	0
WHITE SUGAR	36,000	23.2	63,900	31.9
Non-CIS	36,000	23.2	30,700	15.0
CIS	0	0	33,200	16.9
COFFEE***	62,700	178.3	47,800	130.1
Non-CIS	62,400	177.0	47,600	129.3
CIS	300	1.3	200	0.8
TEA	103,200	320.0	95,500	251.1
Non-CIS	101,100	315.9	94,200	248.6
CIS	2,100	4.1	1,300	2.5
COCOA BEANS	24,700	92.6	22,600	64.0
Non-CIS	24,700	92.6	22,600	64.0
CIS	0	0	0	0
COCOA-CONTAINING PRODUCTS	70,500	263.8	54,700	170.1
Non-CIS	18,600	103.2	13,600	64.9
CIS	52,000	160.5	41,100	105.2