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Russia Bans Import of Chinese Fruit Due to Contamination

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Russia will suspend supplies of pome and stone fruits from China starting August 10 due to cases of contaminated products’ deliveries.

A representative of the country’s veterinary and phytosanitary watchdog (Rosselkhodnadzor) told reporters on Wednesday the ban will be extended on plums, nectarines, apricots, peaches, cherry plums, cherries, sweet cherries, apples, pears, and queen apples.

“The federal veterinary and phytosanitary service is forced to suspend the supplies of pome and stone fruits from China to Russia starting August 10, 2019. The decision has been taken due to continuing cases of China-originating products contaminated with dangerous quarantine for Russia objects supplied to the country,” the regulator explained.

The watchdog plans to hold consultations with the Chinese side and inspect the places of production, storage and packing of those products, which will be followed by consideration of trade resumption.

According to the Rosselkhoznadzor, over 900,000 MT of fruits and vegetables are imported to Russia from China annually: 180,000 MT of citrus, more than 190,000 MT of apples, pears, plums, nectarines, apricots, peaches, more than 80,000 MT of tomatoes, about 53,000 MT of potatoes, as well as 100,000 MT of onions and garlic.

In May, Rosselkhoznadzor lifted an import ban on stone fruit from North Macedonia and Serbia, imposed in August 2018. Some fruit from the two countries was banned after the watchdog said it had found the Monilinia fructicola fungus in Serbian peaches and apricots and in batches of fruit from North Macedonia.

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Russia and China to Reduce Use of US Dollar

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Moscow and Beijing plan to use their own national currencies more often in trade deals, said Russian President Putin on Tuesday. “The Russian and Chinese sides confirmed their interest in using national currencies more actively in reciprocal payments,” he said at a joint news briefing with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping after talks at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in the Russian city of Vladivostok.

Putin said this would “increase the stability of banks’ servicing export and import operations while there are ongoing risks on global markets.”

Russia is increasingly looking to China for investment after a sharp decline in relations with the West after the 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and support for pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.

China is seeking allies amid growing criticism of its militarization of the South China Sea and continued accusations of human rights breaches and unfair trade practices.

President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that Russia and China should work together to oppose trade protectionism and what he called unilateral approaches to international problems.

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China: Fruit and Veg Exports to Russia up 28% from Heilongjiang

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According to the Office of Statistics, the fruit and vegetable export form Heilongjiang increased greatly in 2017. The total export volume of fruit and vegetables was 72.900 MT, with a value of 35,971,200 USD. That is an increase in export volume of 28.8% in comparison with the same period in the previous year, and an increase in value of 28.41%. This is a new high point in the history of fruit and vegetable transport from Heilongjiang port to Russia.

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Chinese Fruits and Vegetables Dominate Sales in Russia

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Three years ago Russia implemented punitive measures against European countries and the United States of America. Later they also carried out sanctions against Turkish products. Against this background, Chinese fruits and vegetables have started occupying sales counters in Russia. According to the customs office of the Russian Federation, Chinese fruits and vegetables had only held 9.6% of the market shares in Russia, but this has grown by almost 20% in the first half of this year. The Chinese potential is huge.

Due to the climate and the use of all kinds of technologies, the crops grown in China are more abundant than those of many other countries. The produced vegetables and fruits respectively take up 60% and 30% of the global output. Only for potatoes, the yearly Chinese output has reached up to somewhere between 60 million and 70 million tons, which is more than twice the output of Russia itself. Many sorts of Chinese products have started increasing their market shares on the Russian market, among these is the Chinese cabbage’s increased from 25% to 39%. Some products have nearly monopolized the Russian market. Garlic, for example, holds 80% of the market share. Currently, Russian importers have been paying more and more attention to Chinese products.

Cheap prices are one of the main reasons why Chinese goods are becoming increasingly popular. Chinese producers can provide cheaper products than competitors in other countries. As a matter of fact, the amount of Chinese products crossing Russian sales counters is a lot larger than was indicated by the customs office. In the most recent 10 years, Chinese people have started growing large amounts of vegetables within the Russian borders. The main Chinese plantations are located in Siberia or in the region around the Ural mountains. Chinese communities can be found throughout almost all agricultural regions in Russia. The output of these farms that are operated by Chinese growers is a multiple of the output of farms in China, but the price for products is a lot lower.

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Chinese Exports to Russia via Dongning up 34% in First Quarter of 2017

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In the first quarter of this year, fruit and vegetable exports from China to Russia via the Dongnin check-point (Heilongjiang province) have amounted to 34,800 tonnes; an increase of 34% compared to the same period last year.

Due to natural conditions, between 30 and 35% of the supply of fruits and vegetables of the Russian Far East depends on imports. In October 2016, the first Russian industrial park in China opened in Ning’an, which combined functions such as warehousing and logistics, and became the first “particularly representative area” for the import of fruits and vegetables to Russia in the North of China. At the same time, fruit and vegetable producers in Heihe, Mudanjiang and other regions of Heilongjiang Province are also oriented to the Russian market.

With the dynamic development of Chinese-Russian trade and the economic cooperation between both countries, Heilongjiang Province has gradually turned into a “vegetable store” for the Russian Far East.

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Fall in Russian fruit and veg imports from China

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In the first seven months of this year, Russia imported a total of 398.9 thousand tonnes of fruit and vegetables from China; a lower volume than the 417.4 thousand tonnes of the same period last year, but higher than the 391.8 thousand tonnes recorded two years ago, reports FAMMU/FAPA with data from Factsheet Russia.

From this it can be concluded that China has not observed a clear change in its volume of exports to Russia after the introduction of the embargo to EU imports.

In 2014, Chinese fruit and vegetable exports to Russia amounted to 706.7 thousand tonnes, compared to 654.7 thousand tonnes a year earlier. Of the nearly 399 thousand tonnes imported by Russian in 2015, about 100.2 thousand tonnes corresponded to fruit and the remaining 298.7 thousand tonnes to vegetables.

The most exported products were onions, with more than 69 thousand tonnes, tomatoes, with almost 66 thousand tonnes and cabbage, with 53.9 thousand tonnes. Shipments also included about 47.6 thousand tonnes of apples, 34.7 thousand tonnes of carrots, 22.7 thousand tonnes of garlic and 18.4 thousand tonnes of peppers.

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Simplified regime for the Russian customs clearance at border with China

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Plans to introduce simplified procedure are to start in May in the territories bordering Russia, according to the General Administration of Customs of China. Interfax also quoted a statement from Zhang Chuntszyao, chairman of the Association of Applied Economics, Heilongjiang Province, stating similar actions.

The goal will be to simplify administrative procedures and transfer powers to the lower levels of customs control. Entrepreneurs are expected to be able to select a location for processing and filling.

“The company’s customs and brokerage services will have the right to register in one place, but legalizing documents of declaration in different places. Companies, which have set up branches in the region, will be able to make declarations in the region,” Chuntszyao said.

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Export of vegetables and fruits from China to Russia increased by almost 20%

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The volume of exports of Chinese fruits and vegetables to Russia via Manzhouli border crossing point (Northern China) in the first 11 months of 2014 in terms of value amounted to $135 million, that is 19.4% more than during the same period the last year. The volumes of exports of fruits and vegetables form China to Russia increased in annual terms by 27.2% to 318 thousand tons for 11 months. Manzhouli is the largest customs checkpoint on the Russian-Chinese border. It accounts for more than 60% of the total land land shipments between two countries. There are simplified customs procedure for export of vegetables and fruits to Russia.

China is developing its export of agricultural products to the Russian Federation. This year several special economic zones, specializing in fruit and vegetable exports, were created on the border with Russia.

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US apple sellers hope Chinese ban will end

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Chinese agricultural officials are close to allowing Washington state’s Red and Golden Delicious apples back into China next month after a two-year ban. It is unclear if that will also open up the US import of apples from China, which produces half the world’s apples.

The ban was imposed on Washington, which supplies 80 percent of America’s apples, after a shipment to China in early 2012 was declared to be carrying “postharvest diseases.”

US agricultural officials fought the ban last year, claiming that any diseases in the 2012 shipment only affected crab apples for pollination.

According to the Northwest Horticultural Council, agricultural representatives from both countries met in Xiamen, China, earlier in November, and agreed to new inspections by Chinese officials of Golden Delicious and Red Delicious apples in Washington.

With a surplus forecast of 15 million bushels of apples in Washington over the next few years because of increased plantings, Washington growers hope to cash in on the growing Chinese market even as the potential opening of the US market will possibly have them competing with Chinese brands at home.

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Russia significantly reduces pear imports

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According to Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation, Russia imported 364,000 tons of pears in the season 2012/13, a decrease of 15% from the previous season and the lowest result over the past 4 seasons. For comparison, pear imports in the season 2011/12 reached record high 426,000 tons.

The peak of imports was registered in March-April. Argentina was the largest exporter of pears to the Russian Federation with the share of 30%. The Netherlands, Belgium, Poland and China also exported significant volumes.

Source: www.fruit-inform.com