In the first nine months of 2014, apple imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Russia increased by 100 times, according to Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselhoznadzor). The office suspected another Balkan country in the illegal re-export of banned products from the EU and now threatens to suspend deliveries of Bosnian fruit to Russia.
Rosselkhoznadzor may ban the import of fruits and vegetables from Bosnia and Herzegovina into Russia, if there is no explanation of the increase in exports from that country. This is stated in the message on the Rosselkhoznadzor site.
Rosselkhoznadzor note that shipments of banned products from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Russia has tripled; and imports of apples increased by 100 times for the first nine months of 2014. Rosselkhoznadzor experts doubt the authenticity of the phytosanitary certificates that accompany consignments.
Rosselkhoznadzor required that the Bosnian companies would present conclusions about the authenticity of a number of phytosanitary certificates for one week. Also, Rosselhoznadzor demanded to send the information about the ranges and volumes of fruits and vegetables grown in 2014 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.