Russia has a list of countries to import food in place of those against which Russia has imposed sanctions, Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov said on Channel One program Vesti Saturday. Prospective countries for us as concerns supplies of fruits and vegetables include Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Tajikistan, and to some extent Kyrgyzstan, he said, adding that Turkey, Iran and Serbia were also possible suppliers. Very prospective countries are Iran, Morocco, and Egypt. They need our products, in particular grain and vegetable oil, and we need fruits, vegetables, berries and citrus fruits, Fyodorov said. He added that another powerful market that is knocking on our doors is Latin America. This is Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador and Peru. We are holding talks with them and they have lined up to increase shipments of their products to us, Fyodorov said, noting that Russia itself would replace Norwegian fish imports. rbth/news/2014/08/11/russia_has_list_of_countries_to_replace_sanctioned_food_importers_-_agri_38902.html
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:12:09 +0000