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On February 9, the Eurasian Economic Commission’s Board decided to impose an anti-dumping duty on a number of types of welded pipes and stainless steel sections from the People's Republic of China. The duty will remain in force for five years and its rate will be from 14.62 to 17.28%, depending on the manufacturer.

The meeting touched upon relevant matters of multilateral interaction and the trade and economic agenda. In particular, implementing the Interim Agreement leading to the formation of a free trade area between the Eurasian Economic Union and its Member States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the start of negotiations on a free trade agreement as well as ways to intensify cooperation in general were discussed.​

It bears reminding that some issues of the Union’s medicine safety amid the coronavirus pandemic were addressed at the meeting of the Heads of the EAEU States held in April last year, when discussing the current situation in the manufacturing industry. The meeting attendees then noted the importance and timeliness of this plan development. The Commission was given a corresponding instruction.

The Department for Internal Market Defense of the Eurasian Economic Commission has decided to initiate a repeated anti-dumping investigation due to the expiration of the measure for certain types of steel pipes from Ukraine.

At a meeting held on February 5, the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council addressed the issue of whether the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Belarus fulfill their obligations within functioning of the Eurasian Economic Union internal market – eliminating restrictions on the export of scrap and waste of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

At the 29th International Jewelry Exhibition JUNWEX in St. Petersburg, the Eurasian Economic Commission held a round table on: "Prospects for implementing Agreement in the jewelry sector within the EAEU. Creating the Eurasian Jewelry Export Bureau. Developing electronic trade in jewelry"​.

Following a meeting held on February 5 in Almaty (Kazakhstan), the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council instructed the Eurasian Economic Commission, jointly with the Governments of the Eurasian Economic Union Member States, to start addressing the mechanism for applying measures in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 40 of the Treaty on the EAEU dated May 29, 2014.

Speaking at the Almaty Digital Forum 2021 held on February 5, Mikhail Myasnikovich called upon for developing industrial cooperation in high-tech industries in the EAEU.

Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the EEC Board, and Sergey Lebedev, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, signed the action plan for 2021-2022 on implementing the Memorandum on Deepening Interaction between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States on February 5 in Almaty.

http://youtu.be/8KPxCyIEczs">Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, has informed journalists about outcomes of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council’s meeting held on February 5 in Almaty in a face-to-face format.