Government restricted public procurement of imported meat and fish – RBC

The government imposed restrictions on public procurement of a number of import products, including meat and fish

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The government has introduced a number of restrictions on public procurement of import products, including meat and fish. Foreign suppliers will not admit to the auctions provided that at least two members of the Russian or EAEC

The Russian government has limited the purchase of a number of foreign-made products for state and municipal needs. The Cabinet of Ministers pointed out the possibility to purchase similar products from suppliers in Russia or the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan).

In particular, the limited possibility of purchasing imported from abroad, fresh and frozen fish and canned fish, seafood, beef, pork, poultry meat and meat by-products, butter, cheese, rice and sugar, and salt, and dry and condensed milk.

«The products included in the list, produced in Russia and the states of the EAEC in sufficient volumes. Restrictions on access of food products to purchase for state and municipal needs will contribute to the development of food production in Russia and the EAEC “, – the report says the government’s website

On the supply of foreign fruit and vegetable restrictions is decided. not to enter because of the shortage of domestic analogues

«Fatherland fruit and greenhouse vegetables Russia provided only one-third, so for these items are not introduced restrictions, you first need to significantly increase their own production,” -. said the Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev, promising that the food shortage in the domestic market will not.

in a statement the Ministry of Agriculture says that the new order will come into force on September 3, 2016. Since then, the organizers of purchases for state and municipal needs of products (for example, hospitals, schools, prison or military) is prescribed to reject applications providers of foreign products subject to the availability of at least two proposals for the supply of Russian-made products.

Head Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev stressed that the foreign product purchase restrictions do not apply to commercial procurement to delivery of goods in shops and public catering.

for the purchase limit was previously the government introduced for state and municipal needs of non-food goods, including light industry products, vehicles and other engineering products.

in August 2014 in relation to the EU, USA, Canada, Australia and Norway had introduced a grocery embargo. Later in the black list have added five more countries -. Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Ukraine

Initially, all types produced in the abovementioned countries of cattle meat were banned in Russia and poultry, pork, fish and crustaceans and shellfish, dairy products, cheeses, sausages, vegetables, fruit, roots and nuts. Subsequently, the list of banned products n number of times changes have been made.

At the beginning of July 2016 Government Resolution of the embargo period has been extended until 31 December 2017.