Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) by the end of January could remove temporary restrictions on supplies from Albania, the service’s assistant to the Head of the service Aleksey Alekseyenko said according to a report by Ekonomika Sevodniya.
“We are familiarizing ourselves with all the materials being presented to us, after which there will be the signing of a bilateral contract. I think, in reality, by the end of January we will sign it and supplies will be established,” Alekseyenko said.
He also underlined that Albania had an interest in supplying its own goods to the Russian market.
On December 8, Rosselkhoznadzor found fake Albanian phytosanitary certificates when receiving food shipments on their way to Russia. After that, the country had suspected Albania of covering supplies and granting fabricated certificates for products originating from countries of the EU.
Soon after the Ministry of Agriculture created a high degree of protection, supplies to the Russian market resumed. Rosselkhoznadzor was also given a list of facilities qualified to certify plant products.