increased to the level of real economic costs (RUYBALKO, 2002). The Russian government decided on limits for price increases for natural gas, rail cargo, and electricity in 2003. The price regulation system is influenced in recent negotiations for WTO membership.
BOTCHIKOV (2002) compares the tariff domestic protection in Russia and in the Western Europe. The average tariff is equaled 16 % in Russia, and the following tariff is made up 27 % in the
European Union. The structure of tariff regulation is completely different in the Western Europe, and is directed on the higher level of protection economy. The WTO accession condition should be the protection mechanism establishment for the basic
The bringing into the line the national legislation, administrative rules of foreign trade regulation to the international principal and norms are considered the necessary conditions of the future Russia's WTO accession. The main Russian problems are the absence of normative legal base, lack of high educated staff, institutional infrastructure, and informational security. According to some estimates, Russia loses one to two billion dollars a year that it could be earned if various Production Sharing Agreements contracts had been approved, and made operational without delay (LAURILA, 2001). Russia's WTO accession requires the maintenance of national production competitiveness under the impact of competitiveness foreign products. The world experience depicts the existence of approximately 9 -10 thousand custom duties, where 1.4 thousand rates in European Union has level above 12 %. The number of custom duties in the USA exceeds 900 (DYUMULEN, 2001). Using the world experience Russia should apply the different custom duties in order to protect the domestic market. The maintenance of national producers competitiveness under the influence of Russia's WTO accession relates to the vital problem which should be solved in coordination with internal policy interests. Russia's
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