Russian Phytosanitary Monitoring Service is seriously concerned by systematic damage of Russian and international phytosanitary requirements by fruit and vegetable exporters from Tajikistan. Rosselkhoznadzor applied to Phytosanitary Inspection of Tajikistan Ministry of Agriculture against such violations.
However, the share of Tajikistan in the structure of Russian fruit and vegetables import is not big enough to threaten the market. In 2010 it was only 1.8% and 2.1% of fruit and vegetables import respectively.
Russia’s total fruit import in 2010 reached USD 5.49 bln. Import from Tajikistan amounted to USD 99.02 mln. Vegetables import reached USD 2.28 bln, from Tajikistan – USD 48.8 mln.
Source: www.fruitnews.ru