According to the official statistics from the Russian government, last year 30 percent fewer oranges were imported from South Africa than in 2014. Russian president Putin and his South African colleague Zuma had called for increased trade in August. According to traders, a stricter measure for trade is the main cause for the decrease. Since February 2015, an EAC mark is needed. The mark consists of a sticker with information about the grower and the product in Russian. Since Russian is an unknown language in South Africa, many errors are still made with the marks.