At an extraordinary session, MPs of the Legislative Chamber approved the zeroing of VAT for meat and butter imports. As reported earlier the government submitted to parliament a bill to extend the validity of VAT waiver for meat, potatoes and other food products, which in particular proposed to extend the VAT reliefs on imported, produced and sold basic food products until April 30, 2022.
These include vegetable oil, sunflower and flax seeds, soybeans, meat, cattle, poultry and products obtained from their slaughter, frozen fish.
The bill was approved by the MPs.