Russian greenhouse complexes continue to increase the gross harvest of vegetables, according to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. The total yield of greenhouse vegetable as of November 29 amounted to 607,100 MT in the whole country, which is 31% more than the year before. In particular, the yield of cucumber increased by 23% and amounted to 409,400 MT. Total harvest of tomatoes amounted to 182,500 tons, which is 53% more than the same period last year.
The Ministry of Agriculture suggests postponing lifting the ban for Turkish tomatoes import until 2018-19 to protect Russian tomatoes production. After the ban, tomatoes production increased by 35%. Just to compare, in 2012 Russian tomatoes had the share of the market 17% and in 2016 it is expected to be 40%.