Russia is still looking for alternative suppliers for fruits and vegetables and one of the countries it has set its eyes on is Uzbekistan.
As reported by Russian sources, the total import of fruit and vegetables from Uzbekistan to Russia since January has increased by 10 percent compared to the same period last year.
The biggest increase compared to the same period of 2015 was recorded in the case of citrus fruit, with Russian imports becoming over 50 times greater. There has also been a significant growth in the case of grapes. In total, since the beginning of the year, Russia has imported 13.4 thousand tonnes of this fruit from Uzbekistan, compared to 339 tonnes in the corresponding months of the previous year.
In the case of lemons, even though the import volume is not particularly large, so far this year Uzbekistan has sold Russia approximately 621 tonnes, compared to just 14 tonnes in the same period of 2015.