Vegetables ban

Russia Bans the Supply of Selected Fruits and Vegetables from Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey

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The list of new bans announced by Rosselkhoznadzor citing quarantine issues with supplies of vegetables and fruits to Russia as they unfolded this week.

– Ban on the supply of greenhouse tomatoes and peppers to Russia from the Fergana region of Uzbekistan due to the detection of the tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV);

– Ban on the supply of dried apricots and all plant products to Russia from the Fergana region of Uzbekistan after the discovery of a quarantine object – the khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium Ev.) – in a batch of dried apricots for Russia and the EAEU member states;

– Ban on the supply of greenhouse tomatoes and peppers from the Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan due to the discovery of the tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) and for the same reason from the Navoi region of Uzbekistan;

– Ban on the supply of greenhouse tomatoes and peppers to Russia from the Armavir region of Armenia due to the detection of the Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) in a batch of products;

– Ban on the supply of apples and greenhouse tomatoes from Azerbaijan to Russia due to multiple violations of quarantine laws. This, according to EastFruit, will also affect a significant part of the supply of these products from Iran since a significant amount of Iran’s products enters Russia in transit through Azerbaijan;

– Ban on the supply of greenhouse tomatoes and peppers from the Izmir and Antalya provinces in Turkey due to the systematic identification of quarantine objects such as South American tomato moth (Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)), Western California (flower) thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis (Perg)), Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV), tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), and tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV).

– Ban, more than a month ago, on the imports of tomatoes and peppers from Grodno, Gomel, Minsk, and Brest regions of Belarus due to the detection of the Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV).

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Russian Federation makes changes to list of prohibited products

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The full text of the new resolution No830 from August 20 can be found here.

The previous ban regarding “vegetables, edible roots and tubers” with the the customs community codes 0701, 0702 00 000, 0703, 0704, 0705, 0706, 0707 00, 0708, 0709, 0710, 0711, 0712, 0713, 0714 under recent talks have made the following changes to “vegetables, edible roots and tubers (excluding potatoes seeds, onions, sweet corn hybrid for planting and peas for sowing) with the following codes: 0701 (except 0701 10 000 0), 0702 00 000, 0703 (except 0703 10 110 0), 0704, 0705, 0706, 0707 00, 0708, 0709, 0710, 0711, 0712 (except 0712 90 110 0), 0713 (except 0713 10 100 0), 0714.

The category of Fruits and Nuts remains the same, the prohibited imports codes are 0801, 0802, 0803, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0807, 0808, 0809, 0810, 0811, 081.

The countries banned from shipping the specified goods to Russia for one year remain the same: the US, countries of the European Union, Canada, Australia and Norway.

The Russian Federation introduced a total ban on August 7 for a period of one year on supplies of beef, pork, cheeses, poultry, milk and fish from countries of the European Union, US, Australia, Canada and Norway. The measure was taken due to a number of countries having imposed economic sanctions against Russia because of events in Ukraine.

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Russia keeps the ban on vegetables from Egypt

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The decision to ban Egyptian seed and vegetables export to Russia came after experts from the European Commission said the E.Coli bacteria that hit Europe in the earlier this year began in the north Africa country.

To date Egypt is the only remaining country whose vegetables are banned for export in Russia. This was reported by Gennady Onischenko – head of Russia’s Rospotrebnadzor (sanitary watchdog agency). There are no significant changes in Russian import to Egypt yet.

Source: www.tks.ru