Department of agriculture: food imports to Russia from the EU can be reduced
Annual shipments of food to the Russian Federation from EU countries in the entered August 7, embargo may be reduced by us $ 5 billion, said the Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation Nikolay Fedorov in an interview to " Rossiyskaya Gazeta ", which will be released on Thursday.
At the end of July the EU After the United States introduced the so-called sectoral economic sanctions against Russia, the position of which in Ukraine is at odds with the West. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and some other products.
by results of examination Fedorova, the Annual volume of food imports into the Russian Federation was now at $ 45 billion." Import from EU was estimated at fifteen, 2 billion dollars a year. According to forecasts, the volume of import deliveries would decrease by $ 5 billion, " he said.
however, Ukraine has supplied products to the Russian Federation on 2 billion dollars, and this amount, the result is entered on this state constraints can be reduced to one-half, he added.
in recent months, the Rosselkhoznadzor has banned the importation into the Russian Federation Ukrainian plant products in hand Luggage, Luggage and parcels, all products from milk, soy, sunflower and corn flour
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