Brazil could become one of the key suppliers of meat to the Russian Federation
Russia is the second largest importer of Brazilian pork after Hong Kong, said Last news in the Brazilian Association of producers of animal protein (ABPA).
according to the information ABPA, Russia buys from Brazil about 39, 6% of meat products. A few months before, the figure was 35, 8%. This figure indicates that Brazil could become one of the key suppliers of food products to the Russian market after the introduction of penalties for Russia from the US and the EU.
" If there is demand and limited supply of Brazilian companies have reduced their deliveries to other countries, to meet the needs of Russia ", - said the head of ABPA Francisco Turra.
Starting in August, the Brazilian producers began to increase the production of frozen pork, beef and chicken to cover the demand of the Russian market." in October, the volume of deliveries of frozen meat in the Russian Federation shall greatly increase, " - said Vice-President of ABPA Rui Saldanha Eduardo Vargas.
in General difficulties in September, Brazil sent 43, 9 thousand tons of pork in the Russian Federation 156, 7 million dollars. Over the last year, pork exports amounted to 362, 1 thousand tons on 1, 14 billion dollars.
Russia for a year banned the import of some food items from countries that have imposed the punishment is relatively capital of Russia - the USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and some other products.
The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of the use of such practices began in September punishment.
A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are Under punishment, -
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