五月中旬俄罗斯政府决定大幅度降低浓缩果汁进口关税：从原来的15％降低到5－10％。决定从6月16日起实施。关于降低浓缩果汁进口关税的问题从1998年8月危机之后便不断提出。在此期间几乎所有的大型果汁生产厂都向政府写过信，要求研究降低果汁原料进口税的可能性。去年秋天，在 In mid-May the Russian government decided to significantly reduce the import tariff on concentrated fruit juices: from the original 15% to 5-10%. Decided to be implemented from June 16 onwards. The issue of lowering the import tariff on concentrated fruit juices has been constantly raised since the crisis of August 1998. In the meantime, almost all major fruit juice producers wrote letters to the government asking for the possibility of reducing import duties on juice ingredients. Last fall, at